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ascomycete en · NOUN

Etymology

From the taxonomic name Ascomycetes (older synonym of Ascomycota) reanalyzed as a plural common noun; by surface analysis, asco- + -mycete.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

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ascomycetes Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

basidiomycete · mold · yeast

Deriveds

ascomycetous · ascomycetal

Hypernyms

organism · fungus

Relateds

loculoascomycete · ascospore · ascoma · ascocarp · ascogenesis

Synonyms

sac fungus

Translations (13)

hu tömlősgomba (fungus of the phylum Ascomycota) · ru аскомице́т (fungus of the phylum Ascomycota) · pt ascomiceto (fungus of the phylum Ascomycota) · ga ascaimícéit (fungus of the phylum Ascomycota) · pl workowiec (fungus of the phylum Ascomycota) · it ascomicete (fungus of the phylum Ascomycota) · fi kotelosieni (fungus of the phylum Ascomycota) · es ascomiceto (fungus of the phylum Ascomycota) · cs vřeckovýtrusná houba (fungus of the phylum Ascomycota) · fr ascomycète (fungus of the phylum Ascomycota) · de Schlauchpilz (fungus of the phylum Ascomycota) · ar زِقِّيّ (fungus of the phylum Ascomycota) · ro ascomicetă (fungus of the phylum Ascomycota)

wikidata: Q174726