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Ascomycetes   Listen
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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



... 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


Words linked to "Ascomycetes" :   subclass Euascomycetes, Discomycetes, subdivision Ascomycota, Morchellaceae, subclass Discomycetes, subdivision Ascomycotina, class, Ascomycota


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