Perithecium Definition

pĕrə-thēshē-əm, -sē-əm
perithecia
noun
In certain ascomycetous fungi, a flasklike case containing the spore sacs (asci)
Webster's New World

An ascocarp shaped like a skittle or ball, distinguished by a small pore, the ostiole, through which the spores are released one by one when ripe.

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Noun

Singular:
perithecium
Plural:
perithecia

Origin of Perithecium

  • New Latin peri– Greek thēkion diminutive of thēkē case dhē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Perithecium Sentence Examples

  • Ascus from perithecium containing six spores, X30o.

  • We find two chief types of fruit bodies in the lichens, the perithecium and apothecium; the first when the fungal element is a member of the Pyrenomycetes division of the Ascomycetes, the second when the fungus belongs to the Discomycetes division.

  • The perithecium is very constant in form and since the gonidia take no part variations are of value in classification some more details may be added.

  • The Ascolichenes are again divided into Pyrenocarpeae or Pyrenolichenes and Gymnocarpeae or Discolichenes; the first having an ascocarp of the nature of a perithecium, the second bearing their ascospores in an open apothecium.

  • Perithecium simple not divided.

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