Sporophore

Sporophore is the scientific name for the spore-forming structure in fungi or filamentous bacteria ( actinomycetes ).

In the case of fungi, this can be a spore-forming hypha or a conidium carrier . Actinomycetes are threads of air that protrude from the colony and release the spores.

literature

• MT Madigan, JM Martinko, J. Parker: Brock Microbiology . Ed .: W. Goebel. 2nd Edition. Spectrum, Heidelberg, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-8274-0566-1 .
• R. Sauermost (Ed.): Lexicon of Biology on CD-Rom . Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-8274-0356-1 .