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Flask shaped ascocarp is called

Option: 1

Apothecium


Option: 2

Perithecium


Option: 3

Cleistothecium


Option: 4

None of the above


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The fruiting body of ascomycetes is called ascocarp. It can be of various shapes. 

  • Globose and closed ascocarp is called as Cleistothecium (Penicillium).
  •  Flask shaped ascocarp with an apical opening is called as Perithecium (Aspergillus, Claviceps).
  • Cup-shaped ascocarp is called as Apothecium (Peziza).

Flask shaped ascocarp with apical opening is called as Perithecium (AspergillusClaviceps).

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