pseudothecia

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A form of pseudothecium — An ascocarp resembling a perithecium but whose asci are not regularly organised into a hymenium and are bitunicate, having a double wall which expands when it takes up water and shoots the enclosed spores out suddenly to disperse them.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of pseudothecium
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pseudothecia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudothecia

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“pseudothecia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudothecia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudothecia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudothecia.

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