ASPERGILLALES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aspergillales mean? 

• ASPERGILLALES (noun)
  The noun ASPERGILLALES has 1 sense:

1. order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium

  Familiarity information: ASPERGILLALES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASPERGILLALES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aspergillales; Eurotiales; order Aspergillales; order Eurotiales

Hypernyms ("Aspergillales" is a kind of...):

fungus order (the order of fungi)

Meronyms (members of "Aspergillales"):

Eurotium; genus Eurotium (a genus of fungi belonging to the order Eurotiales)

Aspergillaceae; family Aspergillaceae (family of fungi including some common molds)

Holonyms ("Aspergillales" is a member of...):

class Plectomycetes; Plectomycetes (class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a cleistothecium (it releases spores only on decay or disintegration))