semihypogynous
adjEtymology From semi- + hypogynous.
- Pythiopsis cymosa. Oogonium with a single, aplerotic, subeccentric oospore. Note the mucilage layer around the oogonium. Semihypogynous antheridium with fertilization tube.1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York, N.Y.; London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 134: