Exoascus

noun

Exo·​as·​cus

-ōˈaskəs

in some especially former classifications

: a genus of fungi (family Taphrinaceae) distinguished from Taphrina by the formation of not more than eight ascospores in each ascus but now usually included in Taphrina

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from exo- + ascus

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