Trichogyne
noun, Botany, Mycology.
1.
a hairlike prolongation of a carpogonium, serving as a receptive organ for the spermatium.
noun
1.
a hairlike projection of the female reproductive organs of certain algae, fungi, and lichens, which receives the male gametes before fertilization takes place
trichogyne
(trĭk’ə-jīn’, -gīn’)
A hairlike terminal process forming the receptive part of the female reproductive structure (called the gametangium) in red algae and certain ascomycete and basidiomycete fungi. Male gametes attach themselves to the trichogyne.
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