sporangium

IPA: spɝˈændʒiʌm

(botany, mycology) A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism.

Examples of "sporangium" in Sentences

The most common form is the sporangium, which is usually stalked and ends in a capsule containing the spores
Later, the inner of these two layers becomes disorganized, so that the central mass of cells floats free in the cavity of the sporangium, which is now surrounded by but a single layer of cells (_E_).
At the end of each of its branches it bears a cone made of scaly leaves; and fixed to the inside of each of these leaves is a case called a sporangium, full of little spores or moss-seeds, as we may call them, though they are not exactly like true seeds.