| 1. | Sclerotia resemble vestigial cleistothecia that lost the capacity to produce ascospores.
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| 2. | The ascospores are similarly minute, averaging 1.5 �m.
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| 3. | The perithecia hold a layer of asci which contain the ascospores.
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| 4. | Fusion of haploid nuclei occurs within reproductive structures termed haploid ascospores.
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| 5. | Its ascospores are smooth, and do not contain oil droplets.
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| 6. | The production of viable ascospores depends on successful recombinational repair during meiosis.
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| 7. | This will reduce the amount of new ascospores released in the spring.
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| 8. | The ascospores enter through the stomata to infect the plant.
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| 9. | In spring the pseudothecia release their ascospores and the cycle repeats itself.
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| 10. | Ascospores are hyaline, uniformly filamentous, and spirally flexed within asci.
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