Ascomycotina

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Ascomycotina - 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 FungiAscomycota, subdivision Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycotinadivision - (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylumHelotiales, order Helotiales - order of fungi having asci in a disk-shaped to goblet-shaped apotheciumorder Tuberales, Tuberales - small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarpsdivision Eumycota, Eumycota - true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi)sac fungus - any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascusAscomycetes, class Ascomycetes - large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungiascomycete, ascomycetous fungus - any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascusclass Hemiascomycetes, Hemiascomycetes - class of fungi in which no ascocarps are formed: yeasts and some plant parasitesclass 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