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Definition of Class pyrenomycetes
1. Noun. Class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora.
Exact synonyms: Pyrenomycetes
Generic synonyms: Class
Member holonyms: Erysiphales, Order Erysiphales, Order Sphaeriales, Sphaeriales, Hypocreales, Order Hypocreales
Group relationships: Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, Subdivision Ascomycota, Subdivision Ascomycotina
Generic synonyms: Class
Member holonyms: Erysiphales, Order Erysiphales, Order Sphaeriales, Sphaeriales, Hypocreales, Order Hypocreales
Group relationships: Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, Subdivision Ascomycota, Subdivision Ascomycotina
Literary usage of Class pyrenomycetes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"... was awarded a scholarship for the month of September for the purpose of studying
the important collection of fungi of the class Pyrenomycetes, ..."
2. Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions of by Robert Kaye Greville (1828)
"... and the large class Pyrenomycetes ; differing from the former (to which they
approach the nearest) in their long duration, coriaceous substance, ..."