Sporocarp \Spo"ro*carp\, n. [Spore + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.)
(a) A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more
masses of spores or sporangia.
(b) A sporangium.
sporocarp
n : specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that
encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia [syn: {spore
case}]