Ascomycetes

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  • n. Plural form of ascomycete.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. large class of higher fungi .
  • noun-plural. A large class of higher fungi distinguished by septate hyphæ, and by having their spores formed in asci, or spore sacs; the sac fungi. It comprises many orders, among which are the yeasts, molds, mildews, truffles, morels, etc. The class is coextensive with the phylum Ascomycota.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • A family of fungi characterized by the formation of free spores within elongated cells (asci), often associated with alternation of generation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi
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