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Answer for the clue "Stalk bearing one or more sporangia ", 14 letters:
sporangiophore

Word definitions for sporangiophore in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (such as ''Trichomanes''), which bears the sporangium.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sporangiophore \Spo*ran"gi*o*phore\ (sp[-o]*r[a^]n"j[i^]*[-o]*f[=o]r), n. [Sporangium + Gr. fe`rein to bear.] (Bot.) The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as Trichomanes ), which bears the sporangia.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. stalk bearing one or more sporangia