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endomycetous

endomycetous adjective: belong to the Endomycetales (now Saccharomycetales) order of fungi.

Adjective

endomycetous (not comparable)

  1. Belong to the Endomycetales (now Saccharomycetales) order of fungi.
    • Ascodesmis is a third type which might be derived either directly or through the erysiphaceous type from an endomycetous ancestor; the antheridium and oogonium are but little differentiated, but the latter is furnished with a trichogyne and becomes septate after fertilization; the ascogenous hyphae...2010, Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, Fungi: Ascomycetes, Ustilaginales, Uredinales, page 54

Questions about endomycetous

What does endomycetous mean?
Endomycetous means belong to the Endomycetales (now Saccharomycetales) order of fungi.
What part of speech is endomycetous?
Endomycetous is an adjective.

Words near endomycetous in the dictionary

  1. endomutualist
  2. endomutualists
  3. endomyarian
  4. endomyarians
  5. endomycetaceous
  6. endomycetous
  7. endomychid
  8. endomychids
  9. endomycium
  10. endomycorrhiza
  11. endomycorrhizae

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