Dictionary entry

Sporidium

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Spo‐rid″i‐um (spō̍‐rĭd″ĭ‐ŭm), n.; pl.Sporidia (–ȧ). [NL. See Spore.] (Bot.) (a) A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi. (b) A spore.