#fruiting body

• Angiocarpous — Developing spores, seeds, or fruiting bodies inside a closed envelope, structurally protected from the external environment until full maturity. In mycology and botany, this structural descriptor defines fungi whose hymenia remain completely covered by a textual or cellular veil during development (such as gasteromycetes) or plants whose fruits are permanently protected by accessory structures.
• Ascocarp — The fruiting body characteristic of fungi belonging to the phylum Ascomycota, inside of which the asci containing ascospores are formed. This reproductive structure exhibits various forms (cleistothecium, perithecium, apothecium) and plays an essential role in the fungal life cycle, ensuring the protection and efficient dissemination of spores into the surrounding environment.
• Ascostroma — A complex fruiting body or a structurally modified stroma inside of which cavities (locules) containing spore-bearing asci are formed, characteristic of ascomycete fungi from the Dothideomycetes class (or bitunicate ascomycetes). Unlike other ascomata, this protective wall is not built exclusively around the asci, but develops directly as a cavity within pre-existing stromatic tissue.