“When the family arrived home, Janine was diagnosed with the stomach bug cryptoweeks sporidium, which kept her in bed for another three weeks before she could return to work.”
“The part of a fungus that is generally visible is the fruiting body, or sporophore.”
“Most of basidiomycetes are characterized by the large sporophore on which the basidia with its basidiospores are borne.”
“As compared to the population from xerothermic grasslands, the forest plants are on average 4 cm larger, and the higher the plant, the more exposed is the sporophore.”