ascigerous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ascigerous
Example Sentences
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In several species of Dermatea the stylospores and spermatia co-exist, but they are disseminated before the appearance of the ascigerous receptacles, yet they are produced upon a common stroma not unlike that of Tubercularia.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
Several of the species of Hysterium also possess spermogonia, notably H. Fraxini, which may be distinguished from the ascigerous perithecia with which they are associated by their smaller size and flask-like shape.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
As at present limited, the Pyrenomycetes are "ascigerous fungi having the fructification enclosed within a perithecium."
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
The lichens, according to the "Schwendener Hypotheses," consist of ascigerous fungi parasitic on alg�.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
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