ascomycota

1. 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 (synset 113044052)
   is a type of: division - (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
   member holonym:

   • helotiales, order helotiales - order of fungi having asci in a disk-shaped to goblet-shaped apothecium
   • order tuberales, tuberales - small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps
   • sac fungus - any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus
   • ascomycetes, class ascomycetes - large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi
   • ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus - any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
   • class hemiascomycetes, hemiascomycetes - class of fungi in which no ascocarps are formed: yeasts and some plant parasites
   • class plectomycetes, plectomycetes - class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a cleistothecium (it releases spores only on decay or disintegration)
   • class pyrenomycetes, pyrenomycetes - class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora
   belongs to: division eumycota, eumycota - true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi)
   same as: ascomycotina, subdivision ascomycota, subdivision ascomycotina

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