Question:
At a stage of their cycle, ascomycetes fungi produce the fruiting bodies like apothecium, perithecium or cleistothecium. How are these three types of fruiting bodies different from each other?
Solution:
Apothecium: It’s a saucer or cup-shaped, open fruiting body. Perithecium: Flask shaped fruiting body. With an opening lid called the ostiole. Cleistothecium: It’s a closed spherical structure. Ostiole is absent.