ascus
Pronunciación: [ˈæskəs]
Palabra
Contexto: «biology»
(noun) a special type of structure that some fungi use to hold their spores. Think of it as a little container where fungi keep their seeds until they are ready to spread them.
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Under the microscope, we could see the beautiful asci filled with spores from the mushroom.
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This fungus does not have an ascus; it uses a different way to reproduce.
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Can you find an ascus in the samples we've collected?
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