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Definition of Cleistocarp
1. Noun. Closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleistocarp
Literary usage of Cleistocarp
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mosses with a Hand-lens: A Non-technical Handbook of the More Common and by Abel Joel Grout (1905)
"... small and cleistocarp- ous so that it is better to treat it here, although it
belongs in the Tortula family. The plants are larger than in ..."
2. Text-book of the Diseases of Trees by Robert Hartig (1894)
"The numerous species of mildews have recently been arranged in several genera
according to the number of asci in the cleistocarp, or according to the number ..."
3. Jahrbuch der ST. Gallischen naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft by St. Gallische naturwissenschaftliche gesellschaft (1873)
"Muse, cleistocarp. p. 44. Patria: Nova-Hollandia, in terra argillosa ad Swan-River
... 738. — Milde Bryol. siles. p. 191. — Jaeg. Muse, cleistocarp. p. 44. ..."
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