asci
Americannoun
noun
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In ascomycetes that build their asci inside flask-like structures called perithecia or pseudothecia, the asci take turns snaking to the little opening, poking themselves out, and firing.
From Scientific American • Sep. 5, 2012
Some asci have elastic rings at their tips that only allow spores out once a set pressured is reached.
From Scientific American • Sep. 5, 2012
You can count the eight ascospores in this ascus: The tasty, tasty asci of a Morchella sp.
From Scientific American • Sep. 5, 2012
In the diagram above, you can see the asci at various stages in meiosis.
From Scientific American • Sep. 5, 2012
The sporidia are produced in membraneous asci, usually four or eight, or some multiple of that number, in each ascus; Cooke says "rarely four, most commonly eight."
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
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