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An ascus (plural asci ; from Greek ἀσκός ảskós ' skin bag') is the sexual spore-bearing cell produced in ascomycete fungi . Asci usually contain eight ascospores , produced by meiosis followed, in most species, by a mitotic cell division. However, asci ...
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n. saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes [also: asci (pl)]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"sac in certain fungi," 1830, Modern Latin, from Greek askos "leather bag, wine skin," which is of unknown origin.
Usage examples of ascus.
It includes all the fungi that have the spores enveloped in delicate sacs called asci.