noun
- Any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus.
- synonyms: ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus
- Large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi.
- synonyms: class Ascomycetes
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