AscomycotaWordNet Explorer

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

(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi)

order of fungi having asci in a disk-shaped to goblet-shaped apothecium

small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps

any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus

large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi

any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus