SPORIDIUM

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‖Spo‐rid″i‐um (spō̍‐rĭd″ĭ‐ŭm), n.; pl. Sporidia (–ȧ). [[NL. See Spore.]] (Bot.) (a) A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi. (b) A spore.