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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.
Generic synonyms: Division
Member holonyms: Helotiales, Order Helotiales, Order Tuberales, Tuberales, Sac Fungus, Ascomycetes, Class Ascomycetes, Ascomycete, Ascomycetous Fungus, Class Hemiascomycetes, Hemiascomycetes, Class Plectomycetes, Plectomycetes, Class Pyrenomycetes, Pyrenomycetes
Group relationships: Division Eumycota, Eumycota
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
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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