sac fungus

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1. any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus,
definition	:	an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia (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)