An ostiole is a small hole or opening through which algaeFletcher, R.L. 1987. Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 3 Fucophyceae (Phaeophyceae) Part 1 p.304 British Museum (Natural History) or fungi release their mature .
The word is a diminutive of , "opening".
The term is also used in , for example to denote the opening of the involuted syconium (fig inflorescence) through which enter to Pollination and breed. The species pharamacosycea have an arrangement interlocking pattern but there is an exception because of insipdia because it is partly cover the ostiole. On the adaxial side of the bracts is made out of cubic cells, that has a staining reactions and contain phenolic compounds.
Sometimes a aperture is called an "ostiole"."Synergistic Pectin Degradation and Guard Cell Pressurization Underlie Stomatal Pore Formation",
Castro-Cárdenas, N., Vázquez-Santana, S., Teixeira, S. P., & Ibarra-Manríquez, G. (2023). Correction to: The roles of the ostiole in the fig-fig wasp mutualism from a morphoanatomical perspective. Journal of Plant Research, 136(1), 157–157. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-022-01421-9
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