Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be given a passage to read. A fill in the blank question will be given to you. Your answer should fit the blank appropriately.
Q: In mass , the spores are whitish . The spores are elliptical , smooth , hyaline , devoid of oil droplets ( eguttulate ) , and have dimensions of 13 18 by 7 9 m . They are thin walled and germinate and grow rapidly in vitro in the absence of external stimuli . The asci are 190 225 by 9 10 m . The paraphyses are slightly club @-@ shaped , unbranched , and have irregular orange @-@ brown granules , with tips up to 5 m wide , and are not forked or lobed . The hypothecium , the layer of cells below the hymenium , is made of densely packed , small irregular cells . fill in the blank : In __________________ , the spores are whitish .
A:
mass