1. In fungi, the female reproductive structure that produces ascospores after fertilization; the female gametangium in ascomycetes.
Usage: mycology; technical; plural: ascogonia or ascogoniums

Examples

• The ascogonia of the fungus develops after the protoperithecium is formed.
• In ascomycetes, the ascogonia receives nuclei from the antheridium during sexual reproduction.
• Mycologists study ascogonia to understand fungal life cycles and reproduction.
• The ascogonia eventually gives rise to the ascus-containing fruiting body.