Definition of Ascomycota

1. Noun. 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.


Medical Definition of Ascomycota

1. A phylum of fungi characterised by the presence of asci and ascospores. Some mycologists have moved the class Ascomycetes to the phylum or division level. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ascomycota

Asclepias exaltata
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias meadii
Asclepias purpurascens
Asclepias speciosa
Asclepias subverticillata
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias verticillata
Asclepius
Ascoli
Ascoli's test
Ascoli Piceno
Ascoli reaction
Ascomycota
Ascophyllum
Ascophyllum nodosum
Aseem
Aselli
Aselli's gland
Aselli's pancreas
Ases' Garth
Asgard
Ash Can
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesdays
Asha
Ashby

Literary usage of Ascomycota

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The California Spotted Owl: A Technical Assessment of Its Current Status. by Jared Verner (1992)
"... Appendix С—Species List Common Name Lower Plants Scientific name Algae Division Chlorophyta (various species') Fungi, epigeous Divisions ascomycota and ..."

2. Living Things by Katy Z. Allen (2002)
"... Gram-positive eubacteria Green nonsulfur bacteria Rhodophyta (multicellular red algae) Cyanobacteria Purple eubacteria ascomycota (sac fungi) Zygomycota ..."

3. A Manual of Diseases of Tropical Acacias in Australia, South-east Asia and India by Kenneth M. Old, Lee Su See, Jyoti K. Sharma, Zi Qing Yuan (2000)
"... of the ascomycota. The black mildews are often confused with the common sooty moulds which are superficial epiphytic saprophytes. ..."

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