NOUN
- a spore of certain algae or fungi that lies dormant; may germinate after a prolonged period
How To Use resting spore In A Sentence
- Fructification: zoospores produced from the cell contents of the filaments; resting spores formed from the contents of particular cells after impregnation by ciliated spermatozoids produced in distinct antheridial cells. Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883
- Under these conditions, the overwintering resting spores germinate and can infect plants directly or through the production of zoospores.
- Bunt fungi survive as resting spores on contaminated seed.
- Reproduction by zoospores formed of the whole contents of a cell, with a crown of numerous cilia; resting spores formed in sporangial cells after fecundation by ciliated spermatozoids formed in antheridial cells. Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883