Bot. [f. SPORE.] A receptacle containing spores; a sporangium.
1836. Penny Cycl., V. 75/1. These tubes are undivided, separable…, and bear asci (spore-cases) on their inside.
1857. T. Moore, Handbk. Brit. Ferns (ed. 3), 3. Ferns … produce certain peculiar bodies called spore-cases, containing spores or germinating atoms.
1872. H. A. Nicholson, Palæont., 489. The fruit was a long cone or spike, bearing spore-cases under scales.
