Difference between revisions of "Apical cap"
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| − | '''apical cap''' (''pl.'' apical caps; ''synonym: | + | '''apical cap''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], [[Category:Ascus term]][[:Category:Ascus term|ascus term]], ''pl.'' apical caps; ''synonym:'' [[ascus cap]]) – a thickened layer of [[amyloid]] [[mucilage]] on the ''outside'' of the [[ascus apex]], continuous with the [[fuzzy coat]] along the sides of the [[ascus]]; distinguished from the fuzzy coat only if more distinctly thickened; ''not'' identical with the [[axial mass]] or the [[apical cushion]]. ''This is:'' [[Category:Part of ascus]][[:Category:Part of ascus|part of ascus]]. |
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Latest revision as of 02:00, 7 December 2005
apical cap (noun,ascus term, pl. apical caps; synonym: ascus cap) – a thickened layer of amyloid mucilage on the outside of the ascus apex, continuous with the fuzzy coat along the sides of the ascus; distinguished from the fuzzy coat only if more distinctly thickened; not identical with the axial mass or the apical cushion. This is:part of ascus.
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