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sorus

Noun

so=rus

WORDNET DICTIONARY

sorus(n = noun.plant) - a spore-producing structure in certain lichens and fungi;

sorus(n = noun.plant) - cluster of sporangia usually on underside of a fern frond;

has parts: indusium

sorus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a heap.].

One of the fruit dots, or small clusters of sporangia, on the back of the fronds of ferns. [1913 Webster]
In parasitic fungi, any mass of spores bursting through the epidermis of a host plant. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

sorus, n. (pl. sori) Bot. a heap or cluster, esp. of spore-cases on the under-surface of a fern-leaf, or in a fungus or lichen.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk soros heap