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Sori Island
Sori may refer to: Things * The plural of sorus, a cluster of sporangia * SoRI-20041, a drug * SoRI-9409, a drug Places * Sori, Benin, a town in Benin, West Africa * Sori, Kenya, a town in Kenya, East Africa * Sori, Liguria, an Italian ''comune'' (municipality) * Sori Square, a city square in Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland * Sōri Station, a train station in Midori, Gunma Prefecture, Japan * Sori, Bihar, a village in Aurangabad District, Bihar People Surname * Ibrahim Sori (died c. 1784), leader of the Kingdom of Fouta Djallon in what is now Guinea in West Africa * Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori (1762–1829), West African prince, enslaved in the United States * Fumihiko Sori (born 1964), Japanese film director and producer * Soni Sori (born c. 1975), Indian schoolteacher and human rights activist * Rosine Sori-Coulibaly (born 1958), Burkinabé economist and politician Given name * Sori Choi, South Korean percussionist * Sori (singer) (born Kim So-ri, 1990), South Korean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorus
A sorus (: sori) is a cluster of sporangia (structures producing and containing spores) in ferns and fungi. A coenosorus (: coenosori) is a compound sorus composed of multiple, fused sori. Etymology This Neo-Latin word is from Ancient Greek σωρός (''sōrós'' 'stack, pile, heap'). Structure In lichens and other fungi, the sorus is surrounded by an external layer. In some red algae, it may take the form of depression into the thallus. In ferns, the sori form a yellowish or brownish mass on the edge or underside of a fertile frond. In some species, they are protected during development by a scale or film of tissue called the indusium (: indusia), which forms an umbrella-like cover. Life cycle significance Sori occur on the sporophyte generation, the sporangia within producing haploid meiospores. As the sporangia mature, the indusium shrivels so that spore release is unimpeded. The sporangia then burst and release the spores. As an aid to identification The shape, arrang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
