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ascocarp

The fruiting body of all ascomycete fungi except the Hemiasco-mycetes. It consists of an aggregation of hyphae surrounding the asci. The various types of ascocarp are used in dividing the Ascomycotina into classes. See cleistothecium , apothecium , perithecium , pseudothecium.

 
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