perithecium
perithecium noun: an ascocarp shaped like a skittle or ball, distinguished by a small pore, the ostiole, through which the spores are released one by one when ripe.
Noun
perithecium (plural perithecia)
- An ascocarp shaped like a skittle or ball, distinguished by a small pore, the ostiole, through which the spores are released one by one when ripe.
- The Erysiphacae may possibly have given rise to the Laboulbeniales, the only other group in which a single daughter cell of the oogonium is responsible for the asci, and perhaps to the lower Pyrenomycetes also; these, like the Erysiphaceae, have regularly arranged asci, and in Chaetomium fimete the...2010, Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, Fungi: Ascomycetes, Ustilaginales, Uredinales, page 54
perithecium meaning in Malayalam
perithecium in Malayalam
- സംവൃതചഷകം
Forms of perithecium
| plural | perithecia |
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Origin of perithecium
From peri- + thecium.
Words formed from perithecium
Questions about perithecium
- What does perithecium mean?
- Perithecium means an ascocarp shaped like a skittle or ball, distinguished by a small pore, the ostiole, through which the spores are released one by one when ripe.
- What is perithecium in Malayalam?
- Perithecium in Malayalam is സംവൃതചഷകം. See Perithecium meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is perithecium?
- Perithecium is a noun.
- What is the plural of perithecium?
- The plural of perithecium is perithecia.
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