Itiöemän
Itiöemän is the spore-bearing structure of fungi and related organisms, referring to the body that produces spores. The term covers a range of formations from macroscopic fruiting bodies, such as mushrooms and puffballs, to microscopic structures like asci and basidia, and sporangia in certain fungi.
In fungal life cycles, itiöemä typically forms after vegetative growth and serves as the site of sporogenesis.
Forms of itiöemä vary widely. In basidiomycetes, the basidiocarp (the mushroom) is a prominent itiöemä that
Functionally, the itiöemä is distinct from the vegetative mycelium or thallus and represents the reproductive phase
In Finnish scientific usage, itiöemä denotes the spore-bearing body, and itiöemän is its genitive form. See