sorus

IPA: sˈɔrʌs

(mycology, lichenology) Any reproductive structure, in some lichens and fungi, that produces spores.
(botany) A cluster of sporangia on the edge or underside of a fern frond.

Examples of "sorus" in Sentences

Each dot is an individual sorus.
The sorus is light to dark brown and is called a bunt ball.
The leaves have usually one sorus each, but they may have more.
In fungi and lichens, the sorus is surrounded by an external layer.
Indusium minute, concealed beneath the sorus, divided into a few beaded hairs.
Indusium star-shaped, of a few irregular segments fixed beneath the sorus, often obscure.
Indusium hood-shaped, fixed centrally behind the sorus and arching over it, soon withering, often illusive.
Indusium cup-shaped, fixed beneath the sorus, supported by the tooth of a leaf; sporangia borne in an elevated, globular receptacle open at the top.
Like the plasmodial slime mold, the pseudoplasmodium looks for a light, dry are to form the frutification, which is called a sorocarp and consists of a sorophore (the stalk) and a sorus
Sori (singular _sorus_, a heap), or fruit dots may be naked as in the polypody, but are usually covered with a thin, delicate membrane, known as the indusium (Greek, a dress, or mantle).
Like the plasmodial slime mold, the pseudoplasmodium looks for a light, dry area to form the frutification, which is called a sorocarp and consists of a sorophore (the stalk) and a sorus
This occasionally happens from the elongation of the normally placed sorus, which thus extends to the margin, and returns on the upper side, when the sori chance to be placed opposite to the marginal crenatures.