sterigma

sterigma
A slender, pointed structure arising from a basidium upon which a basidiospore will develop. [G. s., a support]

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ste·rig·ma stə-'rig-mə n, pl -ma·ta -mət-ə also -mas any of the slender stalks at the top of the basidium of some fungi from the tips of which the basidiospores are produced broadly a stalk or filament that bears conidia or spermatia

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ste·rig·ma (ste-rigґmə) pl. sterigґmata [Gr. stērigma support] 1. the narrow stalk at the end of a basidium that gives rise to basidiospores. 2. metula.

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  • sterigma — sterigmatic /ster ig mat ik, stear /, adj. /steuh rig meuh/, n., pl. sterigmata / meuh teuh/. Mycol. a small stalk that bears a sporangium, a conidium, or esp. a basidiospore. [1865 70; < NL < Gk stérigma a support, equiv. to sterig , base of… …   Universalium

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