Specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia

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Sporocarp \Spo"ro*carp\ (sp[=o]"r[-o]*k[aum]rp), n. [Spore + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.) A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia. A sporangium.

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A sporocarp is a specialised type of structure found in some ferns whose primary function is the production and release of spores . Among ferns , sporocarps are found only in the three families of the order Salviniales , a group that is both aquatic and ...

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n. The structure on a fungus which houses the spore-producing organs.

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n. specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia [syn: spore case ]