ascomycete

ascomycete
/as'keuh muy"seet, -muy seet"/, n. Mycol.
any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota (or class Ascomycetes), including the molds and truffles, characterized by bearing the sexual spores in a sac (as distinguished from basidiomycete). Also called sac fungus.
[1855-60; < NL; see ASCO-, -MYCETE]

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  • ascomycete — as·co·my·cete …   English syllables

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