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ASCOMYCETES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi
Synonyms:
Ascomycetes; class Ascomycetes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ascomycetes" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Ascomycetes"):
Euascomycetes; subclass Euascomycetes (category not used in many classification systems)
Discomycetes; subclass Discomycetes (a large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shaped)
family Morchellaceae; Morchellaceae (a family of edible fungi including the true morels)
Holonyms ("Ascomycetes" is a member of...):
Ascomycota; Ascomycotina; subdivision Ascomycota; subdivision Ascomycotina (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)
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