What is "cleistothecium"

cleistocarp \cleistocarp\ n. the closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Eurysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration; -- called also cleistothecium.

Syn: cleistothecium.

cleistothecium \cleistothecium\ n. the closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Eurysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration; -- called also cleistocarp.

Syn: cleistocarp.

n. (context biology English) A closed ascocarp, in some fungi, from which spores are released following decay or disintegration

n. closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration [syn: cleistocarp]