perithecium

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P0197400 (pĕr′ə-thē′shē-əm, -sē-əm)n. pl. per·i·the·ci·a (-shē-ə, -sē-ə) A small flask-shaped fruiting body in certain ascomycetous fungi that contains the ascospores.

[New Latin : peri- + Greek thēkion, diminutive of thēkē, case; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

per′i·the′ci·al (-shē-əl, -sē-əl) adj.

perithecium

(ˌpɛrɪˈθiːsɪəm) n, pl -cia (-sɪə) (Botany) botany a flask-shaped structure containing asci that are discharged from an apical pore; a type of ascocarp[C19: from New Latin, from peri- + Greek thēkē case]

per•i•the•ci•um

(ˌpɛr əˈθi ʃi əm, -si əm)

n., pl. -ci•a (-ʃi ə, -si ə) the fruiting body of ascomycetous fungi, typically a minute, more or less completely closed, globose or flask-shaped body enclosing the asci. [1825–35; < New Latin; see peri-, theca, -ium²] per`i•the′ci•al, adj.

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perithecium - flask-shaped ascocarp ascocarp - mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus

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perithecium

[‚per·ə′thē·shəm] (mycology) A spherical, cylindrical, or oval ascocarp which usually opens by a terminal slit or pore.

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the microscopic fruiting body of fungi of the group Pyrenomycetes. The perithecium opens by a crack or fissure. It may be globose, hemispheric, urceolate, bottle-shaped, or pear-shaped. Perithecia may form on the mycelium, on the stroma (the supporting framework of the mycelium), or within the stroma. Pouches filled with spores develop in the peritheci-um’s cavity; in some Pyrenomycetes, unicellular or multicellular filaments, or paraphyses, form as well. Cleistothecia, or cleis-tocarps, formerly were included among perithecia. Cleistothecia are the completely closed fruiting bodies of the fungi Plectascales and Erysiphales.

perithecium

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per·i·the·ci·a

(per'i-thē'sē-ŭm, -sē-ă), In fungi, a flask-shaped ascocarp, one of the many shapes of structures that bear asci and ascospores; useful as an aid in identifying a fungus. [peri- + G. thēkē, flask]

perithecium

(pĕr′ə-thē′shē-əm, -sē-əm)n. pl. perithe·cia (-shē-ə, -sē-ə) A small flask-shaped fruiting body in certain ascomycetous fungi that contains the ascospores.

per′i·the′ci·al (-shē-əl, -sē-əl) adj.

perithecium

a type of fruiting body found in fungi of the ASCOMYCOTA, containing numerous asci (see ASCUS).

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noun flask-shaped ascocarp

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