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Definition of Spermatia
1. spermatium [n] - See also: spermatium
Literary usage of Spermatia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The manner, however, m which the spermatia impregnate the spores has not yet been
... 40, note 1), the spermatia do not exercise any direct influence on the ..."
2. Annals of Botany by IDEAL (Project) (1888)
"Our present knowledge of the function of the spermatia of lichens rests almost
wholly ... In this group of lichens, according to Stahl, the spermatia attach ..."
3. A Manual of British Lichens: Containing Descriptions of All the Species and by William Mudd (1861)
"The spermatia are exceedingly beautiful and abundant, often issuing in a dense cloud
... spermatia abundant, issuing in a dense cloud, cylindrical, ..."
4. Fungi; Their Nature and Uses by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1880)
"Professor de Bary cautiously refrains from accepting spermatia other than as
doubtful or at least uncertain sexual bodies.* He says that the Messrs. ..."
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