Ascomycota \Ascomycota\ n.
a phylum of higher fungi, coextensive with the class
Ascomycetes. It comprises Hemiascomycetes; Plectomycetes;
Pyrenomycetes; Discomycetessac fungi; in some classification
systems it is considered a division of the kingdom Fungi.
Syn: subdivision Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, subdivision
Ascomycotina.
[WordNet 1.5]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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