Difference between revisions of "Ascus"

'''ascus''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], [[Category:Ascus term]][[:Category:Ascus term|ascus term]], ''pl.'' asci) – a sac-like or pouch-like structure containing one or several (most often 8) [[ascospore]]s as a result of [[sexual reproduction]] ([[plasmogamy]] – [[karyogamy]] – [[meiosis]], often followed by one or several [[mitoses]] – [[free-cell formation]]); the processes of ascospore formation take place inside a [[pre-ascus]], i. e., a considerably inflated cell forming at the tip of [[ascogeneous]], i. e., [[dikaryotic]] hyphae; the ascus is thus in effect a [[meiosporangium]] formed by the dikaryotic generation of [[ascomycete]]s, i. e., the [[sporomycelium]].