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nouna large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungitype of:
Definition that contains ascomycota
- ascomycetous fungus any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
- class ascomycetes large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi
- ascomycete any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
- order tuberales small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps
- ascomycetes large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi
- tuberales small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps