One of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi.

A nonmotile cell forming by abstriction and functioning as a male gamete, sometimes erroneously called a conidium.

non-motile, uninucleate, spore-like male structure serving as a gamete in sexual reproduction.

1. A non-motile male reproductive cell that can function in spermatization. ( 16) 2. The male gamete of the rust fungi. See pycniospore. () (Pl. spermatia.)

Non-motile, uninucleate, spore-like male structure that empties its contents into a receptive female structure during plasmogamy (similar to a gamete).