Ascus
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Asci containing fungal spores.
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Etymology
From Greek άσκός (askos), a "sac"
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- A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores.
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Quotations
- 1967 — Constantine. J. Alexopoulos & Harold C. Bold, Algae and Fungi, p.101
- The one important character which distinguishes the Ascomycetes from all other fungi is the ascus (plural, asci). This is a sac-like structure in which ascospores are formed following karyogamy and meiosis.
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