fructification

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The first group, Ectocarpeæ, is composed of thread-like jointed plants, the fructification of which consists of external spores, sometimes formed by the swelling of a branchlet.

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

The cup, or shield-shaped spot, or knob, which bears the fructification is named the Apothecium.

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

Browne's contemporary, Dean Wren, seems sadly to have misunderstood the fructification of the Oak.

From Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes by Browne, Thomas, Sir

Small plant of Chondrus crispus, or Carrageen Moss, reduced in size, in fruit; the spots represent the fructification, consisting of numerous tetraspores in bunches in the substance of the plant.

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