The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.
(pi. apothecia) a spore producing organ which is open and more or less concave or convex; may be disk-like, saucer-shaped, or irregular, see Fig. 22(A &c B), p. 26.
An ascocarp in which the hymenium is exposed at maturity. Generally cup- or saucer-shaped, apothecia can also be long and narrow (lirellae).
A fruitbody type in the Ascomycota (Sac Fungi) in which the spore-bearing surface (hymenium) is exposed at maturity. Apothecia can be saucer-shaped, cup-shaped, saddle-shaped or pitted, as in the morels. View an illustration of the apothecium.
a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi
a fungal reproductive structure, in which the fungus reproduces itself through the production of spores
a disk-shaped or cup-shaped ascocarp (fruiting body) of a lichen or non-lichenized ascomycete. In an apothecium, the asci are born in a single, orderly layer on an open, fairly flat surface. Image of apothecium from Mollisia dehnii from the Univ. of Wisconsin -- Madison Botany Department web site.
cup shaped ascocarp. Hymenium is exposed at maturity.
An open, cuplike, or saucer-shaped sexual fungal fruiting body containing asci.
the cup or saucer-shaped fruiting body of the Ascomycotina.
disc-like structure of hymenium with asci.
An ascus-bearing structure ( ascocarp) in which the ascus-producing layer ( hymenium) is not covered by fungal tissue at maturity. (Pl. apothecia.) ( 15)
Cup-shaped fruiting body of some Ascomycotina
(pl. apothecia): An open cup or saucer-shaped ascocarp of some ascomycete fungi. picture of apothecium
open saucer-shaped fruit body in a group of Ascomycetes called Discomycetes
