What is Sporangium?
[[File:Mature sporangium of a Mucor sp. fungus.jpg|thumb|200px|Mature sporangium of a ''Absidia'' [[mould]]]] [[File:XN Polytrichum spec.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Moss]] sporangia (capsules)]] [[File:Fern Sori.JPG|thumb|200px|Sporangia (sori) on a [[fern]] leaf]] [[File:Equisetum arvense sporangia.jpg|thumb|200px|''Equisetum arvense'' strobilus cut open to reveal sporangia]] A '''sporangium''' (pl: ''sporangia'') <ref>modern Latin, from Greek spora ‘spore’ + angeion ‘vessel'.</ref><ref>also known as sporanges (sing., sporange) Oxford [http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/page/442]{{Dead link|date=September 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is an enclosure in which [[spore]]s are formed.<ref>Rost, Barbour, Stocking, Murphy, 2006. ''Plant biology''. 2nd ed, Thompson Brooks/Cole.</ref> It can be a single cell or [[multicellular]]. All [[plant]]s, [[fungus|fungi]], and many other lineages form sporangia at some point in their [[life cycle]]. Sporangia can produce [[Asexual reproduction|asexual]] spores by [[mitosis]], but in nearly all land plants and many fungi, sporangia are the site of [[meiosis]], and produce genetically unique [[haploid]] spores. In [[flowering plant]]s the sporangium tissue (except the epidermis) that produces the female spores is also called the '''nucellus'''.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html |title=Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, Glossary |accessdate=10 May 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{Fungus}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Plant anatomy]] [[Category:Plant tissues]] [[Category:Fungi]]