Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ascomycetes

1 sense of ascomycetes

Sense 1
Ascomycetes, class Ascomycetes -- (large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi)
       => class -- ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ascomycete

1 sense of ascomycete

Sense 1
ascomycete, ascomycetous fungus -- (any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus)
       => fungus -- (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)