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Definition of Ascomycotina

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 Ascomycotina

1. A subdivision of true fungi commonly known as cup or sac fungi. They reproduce asexually through externally-produced spores called conidia and sexually with the aid of specialised sacs called asci. This division includes yeasts, morels, truffles, powdery mildews, ergot and fungi responsible for other plant diseases such as chestnut blight, peach leaf curl and dutch elm disease. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ascomycotina

Literary usage of Ascomycotina

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

1. Eat Your Food! Gastronomical Glory from Garden to Gut: A Coastalfields ...by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate by Aaron Brachfeld, Aaron Brachfeld and Mary Choate, Mary Choate (2007)
"3) ascomycotina, which are the fungi that are not motile and, if they are sexual, form their ascospores inside an ascus (sac). 4) Basidiomycotina, which are ..."

2. Managing Forest Ecosystems to Conserve Fungus Diversity and Sustain Wild edited by David Pilz, Randy Molina (1998)
"We have seen no reports on the nuclear condition of the conidiospores; in many other members of the ascomycotina, ..."

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