Exotunica

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of exoascus.

    "Asci bitunicate, parallel, cylindrical, 30–40 × 7.5–11μm, 8–spored, endotunica flattened apically at a distance from apical exotunica but extending as a narrow column towards the conspicuously domed ascal apex."

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"Asci bitunicate, parallel, cylindrical, 30–40 × 7.5–11μm, 8–spored, endotunica flattened apically at a distance from apical exotunica but extending as a narrow column towards the conspicuously domed ascal apex."

Etymology

From exo- + tunica.

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