Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A family of fungi characterized by the formation of free spores within elongated cells (asci), often associated with alternation of generation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Bot.) A large class of higher fungi distinguished by septate hyphæ, and by having their spores formed in asci, or spore sacs; the sac fungi. It comprises many orders, among which are the yeasts, molds, mildews, truffles, morels, etc. The class is coextensive with the phylum Ascomycota.
- noun large class of higher fungi .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
ascomycete .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi
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Examples
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Two of his favourite mushrooms are truffles and morels, members of the important ascomycetes group of funghi, which also includes yeasts as well as the mould Penicillium chrysogenum from which penicillin is derived.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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Two of his favourite mushrooms are truffles and morels, members of the important ascomycetes group of funghi, which also includes yeasts as well as the mould Penicillium chrysogenum from which penicillin is derived.
At My Table 2008
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All ascomycetes produce asci at some stage in their life cycle.
At My Table 2006
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All ascomycetes produce asci at some stage in their life cycle.
Archive 2006-07-01 2006
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Or was it one of the gasteromycetes, the coniomycetes, the hyphomycetes, the ascomycetes, or one of the physomycetes?
Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 Various
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It was stated in the second paper of this series that the disposition of the _Lecideaceae_ in an early paper of the series would show what slight changes are needed in treating lichens as we treat other ascomycetes.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 The Ascomycetes of Ohio IV and V Leafy Jane Corrington Hilker 1894
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Mention may be made here, however, of the attempts in parts of France to cultivate truffles, species of subterranean fungi belonging to the ascomycetes (various species of the genus _Tuber_).
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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Some ascomycetes are pathogens that cause disease in plants or animals, while others are edible or harmlessly live on dead organic matter.
unknown title 2009
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Some ascomycetes are pathogens that cause disease in plants or animals, while others are edible or harmlessly live on dead organic matter.
unknown title 2009
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Some ascomycetes are pathogens that cause disease in plants or animals, while others are edible or harmlessly live on dead organic matter.
unknown title 2009
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