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ascoma

/æsˈkəʊ.mə/

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noun

C2formalcommonscientific/æsˈkəʊ.mə/

A noun referring to an ascocarp in which the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) is situated on a broad, disklike receptacle.

  • 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее аскокарп, в котором спороносный слой клеток (гимений) расположен на широком дискообразном вместилище.
  1. Fruiting body of ascomycete fungi C2 formal scientific

    An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.

    • The ascoma of the fungus was examined under a microscope.
    • Researchers identified the species by the shape of its ascoma.
    • The hymenium within the ascoma produces the ascospores.

    🇷🇺Плодовое тело аскомицетов

    Synonyms: ascocarp

  • ascomata plural form
  • ascomata's possessive plural form
  • ascoma's possessive singular form