a pore through which spores are freed from a perithecium or pycnidium.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            an opening or pore, e.g. at the apex of a fig.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a neck-like structure in an ascocarp, lined with pariphyses, and terminating in a pore. Or the opening of a pycnidium.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A mouth or opening through which spores or conidia may escape.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a neck-like structure terminating in a pore surmounting an ascocarp or pycnidium.