ascogonium

Noun

Meaning

ascogonium (plural ascogonia)

(mycology) The spiral female organ of an ascomycetous fungus from which asci are produced

Examples

A very fine hypha, called trichogyne emerges from one gametangium, the ascogonium, and merges with a gametangium (the antheridium) of the other fungal isolate. Source: Internet

The nuclei in the antheridium then migrate into the ascogonium, and plasmogamy —the mixing of the cytoplasm —occurs. Source: Internet

Unitunicate-inoperculate Asci of Hypomyces chrysospermus From the fertilized ascogonium, dinucleate hyphae emerge in which each cell contains two nuclei. Source: Internet

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