What Does Acervuli Meaning?

An acervulus (pl. acervuli) is a small asexual fruiting body that erupts through the epidermis of host plants parasitised by mitosporic fungi of the form order Melanconiales (Deuteromycota, Coelomycetes). It has the form of a small cushion at the bottom of which short crowded conidiophores are formed.

What is Acervulus fruiting body?

Acervulus, an open, saucer-shaped asexual fruiting body found in fungi (kingdom Fungi). Always developed below the epidermis of the host tissue, it bears conidiophores (specialized filaments, or hyphae) that form conidia (spores).

What is asexual fruiting body?

Finally, asexual spores can be formed within structures that are called conidioma. These structures resemble fruiting bodies that form sexual spores. Conidioma formation is widespread among fungal genera, but was initially assigned to one group, the Coelomycetes containing species such as Phoma and Colletotrichum.