ˌspōrəˈgōnēəm, -pȯr- noun
( plural sporogo·nia -ēə)
Etymology: New Latin, from spor- + -gonium (as in archegonium )
: the sporophyte of a moss or liverwort consisting typically of a stalk bearing a capsule in which spores are produced, developing from a fertilized egg in the venter of the archegonium, and remaining permanently attached to the gametophyte by the base of the stalk which acts as an absorbing organ