ascomycetes
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1. large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | class, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | euascomycetes, subclass euascomycetes, |
| definition | : | category not used in many classification systems (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | discomycetes, subclass discomycetes, |
| definition | : | a large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | family morchellaceae, morchellaceae, |
| definition | : | a family of edible fungi including the true morels (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | ascomycota, ascomycotina, subdivision ascomycota, subdivision ascomycotina, |
| definition | : | a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi (noun.plant) |
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