sorus in English
noun
1
a cluster of spore-producing receptacles on the underside of a fern frond.
In fertile plants, sori are produced on the abaxial side of the leaves in summer.
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1. Preliminary studies of soral morphogenesis in some cyatheaceous genera indicate that abaxial derivatives originate the sorus.
2. This sorus may stretch 0.5–3.0 centimetres (0.20–1.18 in) across the petiole and undersides of the leaf veins of the host plant, leading to a gall formation.