An ostiole is the opening of a perithecium or pycnidium that allows spores to exit the lichen thallus.
A scanning electron micrograph of pycnidia on Tuckermannopsis orbata, clearly showing the ostioles at the apex of each pycnidium. (A. Fischer--1/2011)
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