Meaning of archicarp | Babel Free

Definitions

The female reproductive structure of an ascomycete.

Examples

“The archicarp is bounded at the top by the trichogyne and at the base by a foot cell.”

“In Chaetomium spirale the cells of the mycelium contain each a single nucleus, the archicarp arises as a coiled branch and divides into four or more uninucleate cells.”

“The other branch (antheridium) grows up in close contact with the archicarp, and like it is shut off by a partition from its filament.”

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