A fruiting body containing binucleate (double-walled) asci in locules (cavities); usually dark with multiple locules, but sometimes single (see pseudothecium) (pl. ascostromata) = pseudothecia.
Adapted from: Tronsmo, A.M., Collinge, D.B., Djurle, A., Munk, L., Yuen, J. and. Tronsmo, A. 2020 Plant pathology and plant diseases. CABI, Wallingford.
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