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Cystocarp

A cystocarp is the fruiting structure produced in the red algae after fertilization, especially such a structure having a special protective envelope. The structure from which carpospores are released.

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A cystocarp 1 is the fruiting structure produced in the red algae after fertilization, especially such a structure having a special protective envelope (as in Polysiphonia). The structure from which carpospores are released.2

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  1. "meaning of cystocarp".
  2. Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M.H. 1993. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales. The Natural History Museum, London ISBN 0-11-310045-0