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Definition of Ascocarps
1. ascocarp [n] - See also: ascocarp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ascocarps
Literary usage of Ascocarps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of the Diseases of Trees by Robert Hartig (1894)
"Numerous cup-shaped ascocarps ultimately make their appearance on the dead cortex,
... The cup-shaped ascocarps of the parasite appear upon the cortex. ..."
2. Nature and Development of Plants by Carlton Clarence Curtis (1918)
"ascocarps breaks through the bark of a large variety of trees and shrubs in the
form of spherical or cake-like masses (Fig. 148). ..."
3. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and Arboriculture for by John Nisbet (1905)
"These cup-shaped ascocarps also often appear on the dead bark, even when there
... In young plantations the ascocarps are produced in large numbers near the ..."
4. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"On June 2, 1917, an abundance of ascospores was obtained by inverting petri dishes
containing a thin layer of agar over ascocarps which had been moistened. ..."
5. Laboratory Directions for Elementary Botany by James Barkley Pollock (1922)
"Larger than these are the ascocarps of the morel, an edible fungus, called a
mushroom, ... The truffle is another ascomycete whose ascocarps are edible, ..."
6. Laboratory and Field Manual of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1907)
"2. Diagram and compare the fructifications of Penicillium and of Aspergillus. B.
Some species of Aspergillus not infrequently develop ascocarps (formerly ..."
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