ascomycetes (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Ascomycetes*:
NOUN	plant	Ascomycetes, class Ascomycetes	large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota

English > *Ascomycetes*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi.
Synonym	class Ascomycetes
Member of	Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, subdivision Ascomycotina	A large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes
Members	Discomycetes, subclass Discomycetes	A large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped
	Euascomycetes, subclass Euascomycetes	category not used in many classification systems
	Morchellaceae, family Morchellaceae	A family of edible fungi including the true morels
Broader	class	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanish	ascomicetes

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