Editing Spore (section)

==Classification of spores==
Spores can be classified in several ways such as by their spore producing structure, function, origin during life cycle, and mobility.

Below is a table listing the mode of classification, name, identifying characteristic, examples, and images of different spore species.
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Mode of Classification
! colspan="2" |Name
!Identifying Characteristic
!Example Spore Containing Organism
!Image
|-
| rowspan="10" |Spore Producing Structure
| colspan="2" |[[Sporangium|Sporangiospore]]
|Produced by [[sporangium]]
|[[Zygomycota|Zygomycetes]]
|[[File:Sporangium of fungi.jpg|thumb|Sporangium of Fungi]]
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Zygospore]]s
|Produced by [[zygosporangium]]
|[[Zygomycota|Zygomycetes]]
|[[File:Rhizopus_zygospores.jpg|thumb|Zygospores on [[Rhizopus oryzae|Rhizopus]]]]
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Ascus|Ascospores]]
|Produced by [[ascus]]
|[[Ascomycota|Ascomycetes]]
|[[File:Bitunicate_ascus_and_ascospores_of_Didymella_rabiei.png|thumb|Ascospores of ''[[Didymella rabiei|Didymella Rabiei]]'']]
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Basidiospore]]s
|Produced by [[basidium]]
|[[Basidiomycota|Basidiomycetes]]
|[[File:Basidium_schematic.svg|thumb|Typical reproductive structure of a [[Echigoshirayukidake (Basidiomycetes-X)|basidiomycete]], including the [[basidiospore]] and [[basidium]]]]
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Aeciospore|Aecispores]]
|Produced by [[aecium]]
|Rusts and Smuts
|[[File:Aecium sp.jpg|thumb|Aecia on foliage]]
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Urediniospore]]s
|Produced by uredinium
|Rusts and Smuts
|[[File:Puccinia thaliae urediniospores.jpg|thumb|Uredinospores]]
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Teliospore]]s
|Produced by [[Telium|teilum]]
|Rusts and Smuts
|[[File:Puccinia helianthi (teliospores).jpg|thumb|Microscopic image of teliospores]]
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Oospore]]s
|Produced by [[oogonium]]
|[[Oomycete]]s
|[[File:10554_oospore.jpg|thumb|Oospores of ''[[Kauri dieback|Phytophthora agathidicida]]'']]
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Carpospore]]s
|Produced by carposophorophyte
|[[Red algae|Red Algae]]
|[[File:Rhod1004.jpg|thumb|Light microscopy of ''[[Polysiphonia]]'' showing a carpospores and carposporophyte inside]]
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Tetraspore]]s
|Produced by [[Tetrasporaphyte|tetrasphorophyte]]
|[[Red algae|Red Algae]]
|[[File:Polysiphonia_tetraspores_WM2.jpg|thumb|Tetraspores of ''[[Polysiphonia]]'']]
|-
| rowspan="3" |Function
| colspan="2" |[[Chlamydospore|Chalmydospore]]
|Thick-walled [[resting spore]]s of fungi produced to survive in unfavorable conditions
|[[Ascomycota|Asomycota]]
|[[File:Candida_pseudohyphae,_chlamydospores,_blastospores.png|thumb|[[Hypha|Pseudohyphae]], chlamydospores and [[blastospore]]s of [[Candida (fungus)|''Candida'' yeast]].]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |Parasitic Fungal Spore
|Internal Spores
|Germinate within a host
|
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Pink_fungal_parasite_on_lichen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1040204.jpg|thumb|A parasitic pink fungi on a [[Lichen]] tree]]
|-
|External (Environmental) spores
|Spores released by the host to infest other hosts <ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-06-26 |title=Biology of Microsporidia |url=http://www.modares.ac.ir/elearning/Dalimi/Proto/Lectures/week15/biology.htm |access-date=2024-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626082941/http://www.modares.ac.ir/elearning/Dalimi/Proto/Lectures/week15/biology.htm |archive-date=26 June 2008 }}</ref>
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |Origin During Life Cycle
| rowspan="2" |Meiospores
|[[Microspore]]s
|Produced sexually through [[meiosis]], and give rise to a male [[gametophyte]]
|[[Pollen]] in seed plants
|[[File:Microspore-formation.svg|thumb|In [[plant]]s, [[microspore]]s, and in some cases megaspores, are formed from all four products of meiosis.]]
|-
|[[Megaspore]]s (macrospores)
|Produced sexually through [[meiosis]], and give rise to a female [[gametophyte]]
|[[Ovule]] in seed plants
|[[File:Macrospore-formation.svg|thumb|In contrast, in many [[seed plant]]s and heterosporous [[fern]]s, only a single product of meiosis will become a [[megaspore]] (macrospore), with the rest degenerating.]]
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Conidium|Mitospores]]
|Produced asexually though [[mitosis]]
|[[Ascomycota|Ascomycetes]]
|[[File:Morchella conica 1 beentree.jpg|thumb|Ascomycete containing mitospores]]
|-
| rowspan="5" |Mobility
| colspan="2" |[[Zoospore]]s
|Mobile through [[Flagellum|flagella]]
|Some algae and fungi
|[[File:Zoospores - Reproductive Structure of the Phytophthora.png|thumb|Microscopic image of a Zoospore]]
|-
| colspan="2" |Aplanospores
|Immobile, however still produce flagella
|
|
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Autospore]]s
|Immobile spores that '''do not''' produce flagella
|
|[[File:Jenufa SAG 2383.jpg|thumb|Autospores of a strain of ''Jenufa aeroterrestrica'']]
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Ballistospore]]s
|Forcibly discharged from the fungal [[Sporocarp (fungus)|fruiting body]] due to internal force (such as built up pressure)
|Basidiospores and/or part of the genus ''Pilobus''
|[[File:Abb2.5 Fungi Basidiomycota basidium basidiospore ballistospore Bullers drop catapult mechanism 2021 (M. Piepenbring).png|thumb|Ballistospore mechanism of dispersal from fungi]]
|-
| colspan="2" |Stratismospores
|Forcibly discharged from the fungal [[Sporocarp (fungus)|fruting body]] due to external force (such as raindrops or passing animals)
|[[Puffball]]s
|[[File:Puff Balls - geograph.org.uk - 6255537.jpg|thumb|Puff Balls containing Stratismospores]]
|}