What is the meaning of Sorus?

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(n.) In lichens, a heap of soredia on the thallus.
(n.) In parasitic fungi, any mass of spores bursting through the epidermis of a host plant.
(n.) One of the fruit dots or small clusters of sporangia, on the back of the fronds of ferns.

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