#Ascoli

• Ascoli — A proper name primarily associated with Ascoli Piceno, a historic city and province in the Marche region of Italy. In medicine and microbiology, the term denotes the Ascoli test (or Ascoli thermoprecipitin reaction), a serological diagnostic method designed by Italian physician Alberto Ascoli to detect the presence of Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) antigens in the hides or tissues of infected animals.
• Ascolichen — A lichen whose fungal biont (the symbiotic fungal component) belongs to the class of ascomycetes, structurally characterized by reproduction through asci and ascospores. In the plural form, it denotes a vast taxonomic group of lichens (Ascolichenes) comprising the majority of known species, adapted to grow on tree bark, rocks, or soil.