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ascigerous

American  
[uh-sij-er-uhs] / əˈsɪdʒ ər əs /

adjective

Mycology.
  1. of or relating to asci.


Etymology

Origin of ascigerous

First recorded in 1820–30; asc(us) + -i- + -gerous

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Amongst the Sphæriacei numerous instances might be cited of minute stylosporous bodies in consort with, or preceding, the ascigerous receptacles.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke

The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster

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 Thomas Taylor

There is a great external resemblance in them to the ascigerous cups, but there is no evidence that they are ever transformed into such.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke

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 M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke

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