ascomycota
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1. 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)
| hypernym | : | division, |
| definition | : | (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | helotiales, order helotiales, |
| definition | : | order of fungi having asci in a disk-shaped to goblet-shaped apothecium (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | order tuberales, tuberales, |
| definition | : | small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | sac fungus, |
| definition | : | any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | ascomycetes, class ascomycetes, |
| definition | : | large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus, |
| definition | : | any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | class plectomycetes, plectomycetes, |
| definition | : | class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a cleistothecium (it releases spores only on decay or disintegration) (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | class pyrenomycetes, pyrenomycetes, |
| definition | : | class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | division eumycota, eumycota, |
| definition | : | true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi) (noun.plant) |
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