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Definition of Ascomycetes
1. Noun. Large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi.
Generic synonyms: Class
Group relationships: Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, Subdivision Ascomycota, Subdivision Ascomycotina
Member holonyms: Euascomycetes, Subclass Euascomycetes, Discomycetes, Subclass Discomycetes, Family Morchellaceae, Morchellaceae
Definition of Ascomycetes
1. n. pl. A large class of higher fungi distinguished by septate hyphæ, and by having their spores formed in asci, or spore sacs. It comprises many orders, among which are the yeasts, molds, mildews, truffles, morels, etc.
Definition of Ascomycetes
1. Noun. (plural of ascomycete) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ascomycetes
1. ascomycete [n] - See also: ascomycete
Medical Definition of Ascomycetes
1. A class of fungi characterised by the presence of asci and ascospores. Such fungi have generally two distinct reproductive phases, the sexual or perfect stage and the asexual or imperfect stage. Ajellomyces capsulatum and Ajellomyces dermatitidis are pathogenic members of this class. Origin: G. Askos, a bag, + mykes, mushroom (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ascomycetes
Literary usage of Ascomycetes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sexual Reproduction and the Organization of the Nucleus in Certain Mildews by Robert Almer Harper (1905)
"RELATIONS OF ascomycetes AND BASIDIOMYCETES. 21 Maire's (62) discovery of regularly
binucleated cells in the carpo- I phore of the Basidiomycetes, ..."
2. Fecundation in Plants by David Myers Mottier (1904)
"Within recent years our knowledge of the sexual process in certain of the higher
fungi, the ascomycetes, has been greatly advanced by the classical ..."
3. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"CHAPTER XI ascomycetes The ascomycetes, the largest class of the fungi, ...
As usually considered, the ascomycetes include about ten orders and more than ..."
4. A Course of Practical Instruction in Botany by Frederick Orpen Bower (1891)
"484) as members of the ascomycetes, and on the other with the Lichens to be
described below (p. 473), observations should be made on some species of Peziza. ..."
5. Moulds, Mildews, and Mushrooms: A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Fungi by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1899)
"The members of the second class of Fungi, the ascomycetes, ... The ascomycetes
vary greatly in size, habit and structure ; mycelium is usually ..."
6. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"The ascomycetes are distinguished for the most part, like the other higher Fungi,
... The simplest of the ascomycetes is the sub-group known as the ..."
7. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"... of ascomycetes—Glycogen of Plants.*—The following are the principal conclusions
of Dr. L. Errera on this subject, the method adopted for extracting ..."
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