as·co·carp

(ăs′kə-kärp′)

An ascus-bearing structure found in ascomycetous fungi.

as′co·car′pic adj.

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ascocarp

(ˈæskəˌkɑːp)

(Botany) (in some ascomycetous fungi) a globular structure containing the asci. See apothecium, perithecium

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as•co•carp

(ˈæs kəˌkɑrp)

n.

(in ascomycetous fungi) the fruiting body bearing the asci.

[1885–90]

as`co•carp′ous, adj.

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Noun

ascocarp - mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus

ascoma - an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle

apothecium - a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi

cleistocarp, cleistothecium - closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration

perithecium - flask-shaped ascocarp

ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus - any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus

fruiting body - an organ specialized for producing spores

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Temporal changes of bacterial communities in the Tuber melanosporum ectomycorhizosphere during ascocarp development.

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Heterothallism and development of the ascocarp. Mycologia.

Mortality from fungal diseases in the US Air Force from 1970 to 2013

During sexual reproduction, Ascomycetes will typically produce a large number of asci where it often contained in multicellular fruiting structure, ascocarp. Ascocarp comes in multiple colors, red, orange, yellow, brown, black and rarely green or blue.

Diversity of ascomycetes in peat soil from three selected areas in Selangor

Morphological features (colony shape and color, and characteristics of the ascocarp, ascomal hairs, ascus and ascospores) also indicated the isolated strain L18 was closely related to Chaetomium globosum.

Bioactive metabolites from chaetomium globosum L18, an endophytic fungus in the medicinal plant curcuma wenyujin

Ower R (1982) Notes on the development of the morel ascocarp: Morchella esculenta.

Morchella sclerotia production through grain supplementation/Obtencion de esclerocios de Morchella mediante la suplementacion de granos/Obtencao de esclerocios de Morchella pela suplementacao de graos

(2006, 2007a, 2007b) report that the annual ascocarp production of Tuber melanosporum increases with the size of the brule, which explains 38% of the variance in its productivity; they also indicate that a high content of active carbonate (calcium carbonate extractable with ammonium oxalate) accounts for up to 51% of the variance in T.

Statistical patterns of carbonates and total organic carbon on soils of Tuber rufum and T. melanosporum (black truffle) brules