cleistothecium

• Corps fructifère fermé et arrondi que l'on trouve chez certains champignons (tels que les Aspergillaceae et les Erysiphaceae), contenant des spores qui ne sont libérées que lorsque la paroi se rompt ou se désagrège.

A closed, spherical fruiting body found in certain fungi (such as Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) that contains spores and releases them only when the wall decays or breaks down.

1. Closed fungal fruiting bodyC2formalscientific

   A closed, spherical spore-bearing structure found in certain fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only when the wall decays or disintegrates.

   Cléistothèce

   • The cleistothecium of the powdery mildew fungus protects its ascospores until the wall breaks down.
   • Under the microscope, the cleistothecium appeared as a small, round, dark structure.
   • Unlike an apothecium, a cleistothecium has no opening for spore release.

   Synonymescleistocarp