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Ascomycetes   Listen
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ascomycete  n.  
1.
Any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus.
Synonyms: ascomycetous fungus.


Ascomycetes  n.  
1.
Large class of higher fungi.
Synonyms: class Ascomycetes.


Ascomycetes  n. pl.  (Bot.) A large class of higher fungi distinguished by septate hyphae, 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.





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"Ascomycetes" Quotes from Famous Books



... second paper of this series that the disposition of the Lecideaceae in an early paper of the series would show what slight changes are needed in treating lichens as we treat other ascomycetes. It is hoped that this paper has accomplished this in phraseology intelligible to those acquainted with the ...
— Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 - The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V • Bruce Fink and Leafy J. Corrington
... ASCOMYCETES.—Passing now to the Ascomycetes, which are especially rich in genera and species, we must first, and but superficially, allude to Tuberacei, an order of sporidiiferous fungi of subterranean habit, and rather peculiar structure.[u] In this order an external stratum of cells ...
— Fungi: Their Nature and Uses • Mordecai Cubitt Cooke


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