ascigerous

[ uh-sij-er-uhs ]

adjectiveMycology.

of or relating to asci.

Origin of ascigerous

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

Words Nearby ascigerous

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How to use ascigerous in a sentence

The lichens, according to the "Schwendener Hypotheses," consist of ascigerous fungi parasitic on alg.
Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous | Thomas Taylor
As at present limited, the Pyrenomycetes are "ascigerous fungi having the fructification enclosed within a perithecium."
Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous | Thomas Taylor

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