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'''dehiscent''' ([[Category:Adjective]][[:Category:Adjective|adjective]]) – rupturing, splitting open, breaking apart; referring to [[asci]] that release their spores when breaking apart, a process that often occurs at the [[ascus apex]] and is then frequently accompanied by a forcible, "explosive" ejection of the [[ascospore]]s ([[ascospore discharge]]; e.&nbsp;g., [[bitunicate]], or [[lecanoralean]] [[asci]]), less frequently the [[ascus wall]] disintegrates without force (e.&nbsp;g., [[prototunicate]] [[asci]]).

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