Look up: acervulus

1. acervulus
   A mass of closely clustered conidiophores and conidia not covered by fungal tissue, initially subcuticular or subepidermal but eventually exposed.
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2. Acervulus
   A sub-epidermal, cushion-like mass of hyphae containing asexual condiophores that bear conidia formed by some imperfect fungi.
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3. acervulus
   [n] - small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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4. acervulus
   <microbiology> A flat, often round mass of hyphae which carry spore-bearing parts called conidophores, acervuli are found in fungi belonging to the order Melanconiales. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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5. acervulus
   noun small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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6. acervulus
   (ә-sur´vu-lәs) in imperfect fungi, a conidioma with a saucer-shaped surface where conidia form underneath a dome of tissue that ruptures at maturity to release the conidia.
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7. acervulus
   an open, saucer-shaped asexual fruiting body found in fungi (kingdom Fungi). Always developed below the epidermis of the host tissue, it bears ...
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/11
   
   
8. acervulus
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-ser′vyū-lŭs Synonyms: corpora arenacea, under corpus
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9. Acervulus
   An `acervulus` (pl. `acervuli`) is a small asexual fruiting body that erupts through the epidermis of host plants parasitised by mitosporic fungi of the form order Melanconiales (Deuteromycota, Coelomycetes). It has the form of a small cushion at the bottom of which short crowded conidiophores are f...
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