# Cystocarp

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[[File:Amphiplexia hymenocladioides.png|thumb|300px|Cystocarp of ''[Amphiplexia hymenocladioides](/source/Amphiplexia_hymenocladioides)'']]
A '''cystocarp''' <ref>{{cite web|title=meaning of cystocarp|url=http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-definition/cystocarp}}</ref> is the fruiting structure produced in the [red algae](/source/red_algae) after fertilization, especially such a structure having a special protective envelope (as in
''[Polysiphonia](/source/Polysiphonia))''. The structure from which [carpospore](/source/carpospore)s are released.<ref>Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M.H. 1993. ''Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 1 Rhodophyta Part 3A Ceramiales.'' The Natural History Museum, London {{ISBN|0-11-310045-0}}</ref>

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