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nounmature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungustype of:part of:
Definition that contains ascocarp
- order pezizales order of mostly saprophytic fungi having cup-shaped ascocarps
- class hemiascomycetes class of fungi in which no ascocarps are formed: yeasts and some plant parasites
- apothecium a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi
- tuberaceae family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple
- family tuberaceae family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple
- hypocreaceae family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales
- ascoma an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle
- order tuberales small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps
- eurotiales order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium
- ascocarpous of or relating to ascocarps