spermatium

spermatium
/sperr may"shee euhm/, n., pl. spermatia /-shee euh/.
1. Bot. the nonmotile male gamete of a red alga.
2. Mycol. a minute, colorless cell, of certain fungi and lichens, believed to be a male reproductive body, developed within spermogonia.
[1855-60; < NL < Gk spermátion, equiv. to spermat- (s. of spérma) SPERM1 + -ion -IUM]

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