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

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

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

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 Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

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