ASCOMYCOTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ascomycota mean? 

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

1. a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCOMYCOTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ascomycota; Ascomycotina; subdivision Ascomycota; subdivision Ascomycotina

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

division ((botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum)

Meronyms (members of "Ascomycota"):

Helotiales; order Helotiales (order of fungi having asci in a disk-shaped to goblet-shaped apothecium)

order Tuberales; Tuberales (small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps)

sac fungus (any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus)

Ascomycetes; class Ascomycetes (large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi)

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

class Hemiascomycetes; Hemiascomycetes (class of fungi in which no ascocarps are formed: yeasts and some plant parasites)

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

class Pyrenomycetes; Pyrenomycetes (class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora)

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

division Eumycota; Eumycota (true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi))

 Context examples 

A species of budding yeast in the phylum Ascomycota.

(Candida krusei, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of filamentous fungi in the phylum Ascomycota that is widely distributed in soil and in association with plants.

(Fusarium, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of diploid fungus in the phylum Ascomycota which is capable of mating but not of meiosis, and is a causal agent of opportunistic oral and genital infections in humans.

(Candida albicans, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of yeasts in the phylum Ascomycota.

(Candida, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of mold fungus in the phylum Ascomycota that is ubiquitous in the environment.

(Aspergillus brasiliensis, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of mold fungus in the phylum Ascomycota that is associated with aspergillosis of the lungs.

(Aspergillus flavus, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of highly aerobic fungi in the phylum Ascomycota that grow as molds on the surface of a substrate.

(Aspergillus, NCI Thesaurus)