1) Ascocarp 
An ascus-bearing structure (ascocarp) in which the ascus-producing layer (hymenium) is not covered by fungal tissue at maturity. (Pl. 
• (n.) The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.
An open saucer or disc-shaped sexual fruiting body of the ascomycetes fungi that contains asci on which ascospores are borne. It is a characteristic of the series discomycetes.
Apo`·the'ci·um noun ; plural Apothecia [ New Latin ] (Botany) The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes. 
In botany, apothecium are the receptacle of lichens, consisting of the spore-cases or asci, and of the paraphyses or barren threads.
[n] - a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi
apothecium A disk-shaped or cup-shaped ascocarp of some lichens and the fungi Ascomycetes.
noun a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi
the fruit of certain lichens and fungi: usually an open, saucer-shaped or cup-shaped body, the inner surface of which is covered with a layer that bears asci.