Asco
a combining form meaning “sac,” used in the formation of compound words:
ascomycete.
combining form
indicating a bladder or ascus: ascomycete
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- Ascocarp
(in ascomycetous fungi) the fruiting body bearing the asci, as an apothecium or perithecium. Historical Examples The group 342 is characterized by a special type of ascocarp, the perithecium. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 Various noun (in some ascomycetous fungi) a globular structure containing the asci See apothecium, perithecium ascocarp (ās’kə-kärp’) An […]
- Ascogenous
of, relating to, or producing asci. Historical Examples In other cases the ascogenous hyphae arise directly from the vegetative hyphae. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 Various
- Ascogonium
the female sexual organ in certain ascomycetous fungi. the portion of the archicarp in certain ascomycetous fungi that receives the antheridial nuclei and puts out the hyphae bearing the asci. noun (pl) -nia (-nɪə) a female reproductive body in some ascomycetous fungi in which, after fertilization, the asci develop
- Ascoma
a fruiting body that bears .
- Ascoli piceno
noun a town in E central Italy, in the Marches: capital of the Roman province of Picenum; site of the massacre of all its Roman citizens in the Social War in 90 bc Pop: 51 375 (2001) Latin name Asculum Picenum (ˈæskjʊləm paɪˈsiːnəm)