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asci

[as-ahy]

noun

  1. plural of ascus.



asci

/ ˈæskaɪ, ˈæsaɪ /

noun

  1. the plural of ascus

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Many ascomycetes produce their asci in cups, and in the case of the beech orange, the cups are the orange dimples of the golf ball.

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You can count the eight ascospores in this ascus: The tasty, tasty asci of a Morchella sp.

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The conclusion of the epitaph is perplexing: it states that her husband dedicated it to her and her son's memory—under "the axe"—"Sub asci� dedicavit."

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The asci are borne directly on the mycelium and are therefore fully exposed, being devoid from the beginning of any investment.

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Exoascine�, a family of parasitic ascomycetous Fungi, distinguished by the absence of any definite fruit-body, the asci being produced in a layer on the surface of the host.

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