The organ in plants or fungi that produces and stores spores.

Plants that reproduce by producing spores rather than seeds, including algae, mosses, ferns, and lichens.

The asexual stage in the life cycle of plants and algae that produces spores, characterized by having a double set of chromosomes; also called a sporogonium.

an infection caused by inhaling the spores of the fungus Coccidioides immitis, commonly known as Valley fever or San Joaquin Valley fever

A dormant, rounded body formed by certain bacteria during times of nutrient deficiency, which can germinate into a new organism when conditions are favorable.

a type of spore that is produced within a sac-like structure or sporangium during asexual reproduction in certain fungi

a species of soil fungus found in the southwestern United States and parts of Mexico and South America

A spore produced inside an ascus; usually oval-shaped and single-celled.

A type of protozoan parasitic animal with an oval or elongated body covered by a thin membrane; examples include the parasite that causes malaria