An ascoma is an alternative name for an ascocarp, a spirocarp of an ascomycete.
Sung-Yuan Hsieh has written: 'Ascoma development and ascosporogenesis in Corollospora gracilis'
An ascocarp is the fruiting body of fungi in the phylum Ascomycota. It is a specialized structure that contains the sexual spores called ascospores. Examples of fungi with ascocarps include morel mushrooms and yeast.
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