Sporidia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sporidium \Spo*rid"i*um\ (sp[-o]*r[i^]d"[i^]*[u^]m), n.; pl.
     {Sporidia} (-[.a]). [NL. See {Spore}.] (Bot.)
     (a) A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore,
         in certain kinds of minute fungi.
     (b) A spore.
         [1913 Webster]