Sporangiophore vs. Sporangium — What's the Difference?

A specialized fungal hypha bearing one or more sporangia.

A sporangium (pl., sporangia) (modern Latin, from Greek σπόρος (sporos) ‘spore’ + ἀγγεῖον (angeion) ‘vessel’) is an enclosure in which spores are formed. It can be composed of a single cell or can be multicellular.

A stalk of a sporangium.

A single-celled or many-celled structure in which spores are produced, especially in fungi, algae, mosses, and ferns. Also called spore case.

(botany) A receptacle in ferns which bears the sporangia, usually a stalk, but sometimes a scale (as in horsetails).

A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism.

(mycology) A special type of hypha that bears sporangia on the tip.

A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc.

The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as Trichomanes), which bears the sporangia.

Organ containing or producing spores

Stalk bearing one or more sporangia