Bot. [a. F. stylospore, f. Gr. στῦλο-ς pillar (see STYLE sb. 8) + σπορά SPORE.] A name for the naked spores in certain fungals, which are produced at the tips of short thread-like cells. Hence Stylosporous a., pertaining to, of the nature of, a stylospore.
1851. trans. Tulasne, in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. II. VIII. 119. We may apply the name of stylospores to those which originate naked, that is to say, from linear stalk-like cells. Ibid., 120. The stylosporous perithecia.
1887. W. Phillips, Brit. Discomycetes, 390. Stylosporous stage: Ceuthospora phacidioides. Ibid., 420. Stylospores, stalked spores.
