ascomycete

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noun

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

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sac fungusascomycetous fungus
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Meanings

nounascomycete (plural ascomycetes)

plural ascomycetes

  1. biologyAny 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.

    2001, Michael J Carlile, The Fungi, 2nd edition, publisher summary, page 11

    Synonyms: sac fungus

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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sac fungus

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
ascomycetous fungus
Broader
fungus
Also see
sac fungus

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

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Translations

Arabic زِقِّيّ
  • زِقِّيّ (ziqqiyy)fungus of the phylum Ascomycota
Czech vřeckovýtrusná houba
  • vřeckovýtrusná houbafungus of the phylum Ascomycota
Finnish kotelosieni
  • kotelosienifungus of the phylum Ascomycota
French ascomycète
  • ascomycètefungus of the phylum Ascomycota
German Schlauchpilz
  • Schlauchpilzfungus of the phylum Ascomycota
Hungarian tömlősgomba
  • tömlősgombafungus of the phylum Ascomycota
Irish ascaimícéit
  • ascaimícéitfungus of the phylum Ascomycota
Italian ascomicete
  • ascomicetefungus of the phylum Ascomycota
Polish workowiec
  • workowiecfungus of the phylum Ascomycota
Portuguese ascomiceto
  • ascomicetofungus of the phylum Ascomycota
Romanian ascomicetă
  • ascomicetăfungus of the phylum Ascomycota
Russian аскомице́т
  • аскомице́т (askomicét)fungus of the phylum Ascomycota
Spanish ascomiceto
  • ascomicetofungus of the phylum Ascomycota
Cite this entry
APA

ascomycete. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ascomycete

MLA

“ascomycete.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ascomycete. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ascomycete,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ascomycete.

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