resting spore

English

Noun

resting spore (plural resting spores)

  1. A spore, in certain orders of algae, which remains quiescent, retaining its vitality, for long periods of time.
    • 1893, Charles Edwin Bessey, The essentials of botany:
      Resting spores appear never to form a mycelium […]

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