Cystocarp

Cystocarp of Amphiplexia hymenocladioides

A cystocarp is the fruiting structure produced in the red algae after fertilization, especially such a structure having a special protective envelope (as in Polysiphonia). The structure from which carpospores are released.

References

  1. ↑ "meaning of cystocarp".
  2. ↑ Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M.H. 1993. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. The Natural History Museum, London ISBN 0-11-310045-0