Indusium vs. Sorus

Indusiumnoun

(botany) A protecting membrane, especially that covering the developing spores of a fern.

Indusiumnoun

A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower.

Indusiumnoun

a membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern

Sorusnoun

Any reproductive structure, in some lichens and fungi, that produces spores.

Sorusnoun

(botany) A cluster of sporangia on the edge or underside of a fern frond.

Sorusnoun

One of the fruit dots, or small clusters of sporangia, on the back of the fronds of ferns.

Sorusnoun

In parasitic fungi, any mass of spores bursting through the epidermis of a host plant.

Sorusnoun

a spore-producing structure in certain lichens and fungi

Sorusnoun

cluster of sporangia usually on underside of a fern frond

Sorus

A sorus (pl. sori) is a cluster of sporangia (structures producing and containing spores) in ferns and fungi.