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'''axial mass''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], [[Category:Ascus term]][[:Category:Ascus term|ascus term]], ''pl.'' axial masses; ''synonym:'' [[apical body]]) – the cap-like, broadened tip of the [[tholus]], above the [[axial canal]], often distinctly reacting with Lugol's iodine (e.&nbsp;g., [[Lecidea-type ascus|''Lecidea''-type ascus]]) and extending into the [[tholus flank]]s (e.&nbsp;g., [[Bacidia-type ascus|''Bacidia''-type ascus]]). ''This is:'' [[Category:Part of ascus]][[:Category:Part of ascus|part of ascus]].

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