indusium

Protection of the sporangial cluster from exposure, drying, and other hazards is accomplished in various ways, such as by the formation of the sori in grooves or pockets or by the production of various forms of covers. One is the so-called false indusium, a…

…flap of tissue called an indusium. In rust and smut fungi, a sorus is a spore mass produced on the leaf of an infected plant. Reproductive structures called sori also occur in various species of marine algae. See also spore.

…fringed membranous protective structure (indusium). The rhizomes and young leaves are considered edible after they have been cooked.

…protective flap of tissue (indusium), which is attached laterally along the inner side of the sorus. The spores are mostly bean-shaped (bilateral).