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ascomycetes

ascomycetes is the plural of ascomycete.

Meaning of ascomycete

Noun

ascomycete (plural ascomycetes)

  1. Any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by the production of a sac, or ascus, which contains non-motile spores.
    • Chromistas are oomycetes whereas fungi includes chytridiomycetes, zygomycetes, ascomycetes, basidiomycetes, and mitosporic fungi.2001, Michael J Carlile, The Fungi, 2nd edition, publisher summary, page 11
    Synonyms:
    sac fungus

Questions about ascomycetes

What is ascomycetes the plural of?
Ascomycetes is the plural of ascomycete.

Words near ascomycetes in the dictionary

  1. ascomatal
  2. Ascomo
  3. ascomycetal
  4. ascomycete
  5. ascomyceteous
  6. ascomycetes
  7. ascomycetous
  8. ascomycin
  9. ascomycotan
  10. ascomycotic
  11. ascon

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