ascigerous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ascigerous
Example Sentences
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The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
Later, when ascigerous fungi were separated from stylosporous fungi, this group was revised, the ascigerous species only being retained.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
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
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
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 M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
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