ascomycetous fungus

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsascomycete

   Broaderfungus

   NarrowerGeglossaceaeSarcosomataceaeClavicipitaceaediscomycete

   Part ofAscomycota

   Partsascocarpascus

Questions about ascomycetous fungus

What does ascomycetous fungus mean?

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

What is another word for ascomycetous fungus?

Close synonyms include ascomycete. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ascomycetous fungus a common word?

ascomycetous fungus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.