oospore
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After the production of this oospore the parent filament gradually loses its vitality and slowly decays.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 by Various
Its extremity never opens, and we never find antherozoids; on the contrary, the antheridium presents, up to the maturity of the oospore, the appearance which it presented at the moment of fecundation.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
After a period of rest, the contents of the oospore break up into a number of zoospores like those already described, each of which, after a period of activity, germinates in the ordinary way.
From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley
Moreover, as in the Peronospora, conjugation may take place and result in an oospore; the contents of which divide and are set free as monadiform germs.
From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley
This oospore, or resting spore, may remain dormant in this state within the tissues of the foster plant for some months.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
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