perithecium
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Origin of perithecium
From New Latin, dating back to 1825–35; see origin at peri-, thecium
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Structure of these bodies shown by Moeller is entirely carbonous, hollow, each forming a single, carbonous perithecium.
From Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces by Lloyd, C. G.
D, The same, beginning to be surrounded by the hyphae forming the perithecium wall.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Pycnid, pik′nid, n. a special receptacle in ascomycetous fungi, resembling a perithecium, in which stylospores or pycnospores are produced—also Pycnid′ium.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
The dissemination of the sporidia may, from identity of structure in the perithecium, be deemed to follow a like method in all.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
In this order an external stratum of cells forms a kind of perithecium, which is more or less developed in different genera.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
In ascomycetes that build their asci inside flask-like structures called perithecia or pseudothecia, the asci take turns snaking to the little opening, poking themselves out, and firing.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 5, 2012
In the Hysteriacei, where the perithecia are elongated, the fissure takes place throughout their length.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
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 Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
And in Sphæriacei, although the substance is variable, the hymenium is never exposed, being enclosed in perithecia with a distinct opening at the apex, through which the mature spores escape.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
It is not uncommon for the conidia of the Sphæria to partake of the characteristics of a mould, and then the perithecia are developed amongst the conidial threads.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
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