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fruiting body

DEFINITIONS OF: fruiting body

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n an organ specialized for producing spores

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ascocarp
mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus
acervulus
small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
basidiocarp
the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells
aecium
fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores
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
Type of:
plant organ
a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus
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