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An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification.
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A sexual fruiting structure of the Ascomycetes with an opening called the ostiole at or near its top.[1] Fin. Swe.
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flask-shaped or rounded fruiting body with opening ( ostiole) and asci arranged at base of structure
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iny, flask-shaped fruitbody (ascoma) produced by some sac fungi, usually less than 1 mm in size. View an illustration of the perithecium.
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flask-shaped or subglobose, thin-walled ascocarp (fungal fruiting body), containing asci and ascospores and having an ostiole (pore) at the apex, through which spores are expelled or otherwise released.
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A round to flask-shaped, thick-walled spore case containing asci and with an ostiole (pore).
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the sub-globose or flask-shaped ascocarp of an Ascomycete fungus.
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(Pl. perithecia) a pear shaped, ostiolate fruit body characteristic of Ascomycetes.
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(pl. perithecia) - A closed bulb- or ball-shaped fruiting body with a pore through which ascospores are extruded, usually in a gelatinous paste.
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Flask-shaped fruiting body of some Ascomycotina, from the neck of which asci are discharged
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(pl. perithecia): The globular or flask-shaped ascocarp of the Pyrenomycetes, having an opening or pore (ostiole) (1) perithecium
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A closed ascocarp with a pore at the top, a true ostiole, and a wall of its own. (Pl. perithecia.) ( 23)
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A fruiting body having asci in a basal group or as a layer; perithecia are usually flask shaped, with an opening through which the asci or ascospore escape.
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the flask-shaped fruiting bodies of certain Ascomycetes. They contain asci
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a closed ascocarp with a true wall and an ostiolate opening.
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