Meaning | Any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus. |
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Synonym | ascomycetous fungus |
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Member of | Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, subdivision Ascomycotina | A large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes |
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Parts | ascocarp | mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus |
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ascus | saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes |
Narrower | Clavicipitaceae, grainy club mushrooms | Any of various mushrooms of the class Ascomycetes |
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Geglossaceae | A type of ascomycetous fungus |
Sarcosomataceae | A type of ascomycetous fungus |
discomycete, cup fungus | Any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes |
Broader | fungus | An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter |
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Adjectives | ascomycetous | related to or characteristic of fungi of the class Ascomycetes |
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