fructification

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The fructification appears in March and April, terminating in short unbranched stems.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

Any sudden decrease of warmth would be very prejudicial to the progress of vegetation through the successive stages of foliation, inflorescence and fructification.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

The fructification is an urn-shaped spore-case, in this as in most cases raised on a slender stalk.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

The fructification consists of a globular sporocarp of considerable size, which is spirally enwrapped by tubular cells twisted around it: by the side of this is a smaller and globular antheridium.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Asperococcus derives its name from its roughened surface, occasioned by the thickly scattered spots of fructification.

From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter