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
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 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
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 M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
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
