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oospore

[oh-uh-spawr, -spohr] / ˈoʊ əˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr /


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L, M, N, Fertilization of the oogonium and development of the oospore in Peronospora.

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The oospores give rise to neuter plants, the tetraspores to ♂ or ♀ plants.

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The oospores of the Saprolegniæ, when arrived at maturity, possess a tolerably thick double integument, consisting of an epispore and an endospore.

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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.

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After the production of this oospore the parent filament gradually loses its vitality and slowly decays.

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