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azygospore Bot.|əˈzaɪgəʊspɔə(r), əˈzɪg-, eɪ-| [f. a- 14 + zygospore.] A parthenogenetic zygospore.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1898H. C. Porter tr. Strasburger's Bot. 348 Although the conjugating hyphæ meet in pairs, no fusion takes place, and their terminal cells become converted directly into spores, which are termed azygospores. 1952New Biol. XIII. 106 Under certain circumstances the process of zygospore formation may be interrupted, whereupon a single gametangium may give rise to a thick-walled spore which resembles closely a typical zygospore with respect to size and appearance, and is termed an azygospore. |