oospore
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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
The oospore on germination usually gives origin to a zoosporangium, but may form directly a germ tube which infects the host.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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
After impregnation the fertilized oosphere immediately surrounds itself with a cell-wall and becomes the oospore which by a process of growth forms the embryo of the new plant.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 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 Thomas Henry Huxley
