SPOROCARP Spo"ro*carp, n. Etym: [Spore + Gr. (Bot.) (a) A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia. (b) A sporangium.
SPOROCYST
Spo"ro*cyst, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of larval forms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and other parasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in its turn produces other larvæ by internal budding, or by the subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute germs. See Redia.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any protozoan when it becomes encysted produces germs by sporulation.
SPOROGENESIS
Spo`ro*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Spore + genesis.] (Biol.)
Defn: reproduction by spores.
SPOROGONY
Spo*rog"o*ny, n. Etym: [Spore + root of Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ.