What does "ascomycete" mean?

Any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by the production of a sac, or ascus, which contains non-motile spores.

What is a synonym for "ascomycete"?

Common synonyms include: ascomycetous fungus, sac fungus, sac fungus.

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Noun

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."
2
any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus wordnet

"Chromistas are oomycetes whereas fungi includes chytridiomycetes, zygomycetes, ascomycetes, basidiomycetes, and mitosporic fungi."

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

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