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ASCUS (Gr. &vu5s, a bag)

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 724 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ASCUS (Gr. &vu5s, a bag)  , a botanical
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term for the membranous sacs containing the reproductive spores in certain
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lichens and fungi . Various compounds of the word are used, e.g. ascophorous, producing
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asci; ascospore, the spore (or sporule)
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developed in the ascus; ascogonium, the
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organ producing it, &c .

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