What's the difference between macrosporangium and microsporangium?

Macrosporangium


Definition:

  • (n.) A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; -- opposed to microsporangium. Both are found in the genera Selaginella, Isoctes, and Marsilia, plants remotely allied to ferns.

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Microsporangium


Definition:

  • (n.) A sporangium or conceptacle containing only very minute spores. Cf. Macrosporangium.

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