The plural of ascoma; multiple fruiting bodies of ascomycete fungi that contain and release spores.
Plural of ascoma, using the Greek plural ending -ata. This term is standard in mycological literature when discussing multiple fungal fruiting structures.
When you see a morel mushroom or a cup fungus, you're actually looking at one or more ascomata—nature's way of packaging thousands of spores for efficient dispersal.
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