oospore
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But the asexual generation derived from the oospore only for a short while remains in connection with the prothallium, which, of course, answers to the leafy portion of the moss.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
The product of the union of an antherozoid and an oosphere is termed an oospore.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
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 Huxley, Thomas Henry
Reproduction from an oospore formed by the combination of two sexual cells.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
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 Huxley, Thomas Henry
