comb. form of SPERMATIUM, as in Spermatiogenous a., bearing spermatia. Spermatiophore, = SPERMATOPHORE 2.
1887. Garnsey, trans. De Bary’s Fungi, v. 241. Some Pyrenomycetes … form layers agreeing in every respect with the spermatiophores. Ibid. They are … cushion-shaped bodies with spermatiogenous surface.
