ascigerous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ascigerous
Example Sentences
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The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.
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Later, when ascigerous fungi were separated from stylosporous fungi, this group was revised, the ascigerous species only being retained.
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As at present limited, the Pyrenomycetes are "ascigerous fungi having the fructification enclosed within a perithecium."
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The lichens, according to the "Schwendener Hypotheses," consist of ascigerous fungi parasitic on alg�.
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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.
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