Sorus
A sorus (plural sori ) is a collection of sporangia in ferns or mushrooms. The sporangia contain the spores used for reproduction .
botany
The sori in ferns are groups of sporangia hanging on the underside of the leaves that attach to bumps on the leaf (so-called placentas). The different arrangement of the Sori on the leaf surface and the shape of the Sori are important determinants. Young Sori are often covered by so-called veils ( Indusia ).
Mycology
In mycology, various collections of spores are called Sori, such as the uredo- and teleutosporangia of the rust fungi or the burnt spore beds of the smut fungi (Ustilaginales) or the bare spore beds of the Acrasidae .
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- ↑ Heinrich Dörfelt , Gottfried Jetschke (Ed.): Dictionary of Mycology. 2nd Edition. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg / Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-8274-0920-9 , p. 297.