oospore

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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

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

The oospore becomes an oosporangium, and from it at least a hundred germinating bodies are at length expelled.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

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

Reproduction from an oospore formed by the combination of two sexual cells.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various