endosporous

English

Etymology

From endospore +‎ -ous.

Adjective

endosporous (not comparable)

1. (botany) Bearing spores contained in a case (a sporophore); applied to fungi or eukaryotes.
   • 2012, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     With the exception of three species belonging to the order Ceratiomyxales which bear spores externally and are termed exosporous, all other Myxomycetes are endosporous. The latter bear spores within sporophores.

References

“endosporous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.