Table on Spores and Sporangia
|
picture/book reference/spore |
exo-/endospore |
mito/meiospore; N or 2N |
number of spores |
motililty |
|
|
endospore |
meiospore N |
typically 8 and in one row |
aplanospore |
|
basidium and basidiospores |
exospore |
meiospore N |
typically 4, one per sterigma |
aplanospore |
|
sporangia and sporangiospores |
endospore |
meiospore (then N) or mitospore (then N or 2N); depends on the fungus |
20-many |
aplanospore or zoospore; depending on the fungus |
|
|
exospore |
mitospore N or 2N depending on the fungus |
1 to many; depending on the fungus |
aplanospore |