ascomycete

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by the production of a sac, or ascus, which contains non-motile spores.

ascomycete ascomycetes

From the taxonomic name Ascomycetes (“older synonym of Ascomycota”) reanalyzed as a plural common noun; by surface analysis, asco- + -mycete.

sac fungus

ascocarp ascomycetal ascospore loculoascomycete

ascomycetous

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