Producing male and female gametangia in different structures or plants, as in some algae and fungi.
[HETERO– + Greek thallos, young shoot; see thallo– + –IC.]
heterothallism het'er·o·thal'lism n.
heterothallic
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 | Oedogoniales (algae – rhodophycota, euglenophycota, chromophycota, chlorophycota) |
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- Oedogoniales (algae – rhodophycota, euglenophycota, chromophycota, chlorophycota)
- Heterothallic
- Yeast (eumycota – =eumycetes)
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