ascocarp

Noun
  1. Mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus (synset 111553267)
    is a type of: fruiting body - an organ specialized for producing spores
    subtypes:
    • ascoma - an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle
    • apothecium - a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi
    • cleistocarp, cleistothecium - closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration
    • perithecium - flask-shaped ascocarp
    is a part of: ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus - any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus

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