Anglicized f. SPORIDIUM. rare.
1847. Webster (citing Lindley), Sporid, in botany, a naked corcle, destitute of radicle, cotyledon, and hilum.
1900. Dundee Advertiser, 24 July, 4. The great German botanist de Bary inoculated young barberry leaves with sporids from the black rust or old wheat straw.