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Ascomycota

DEFINITIONS OF: Ascomycota

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n 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

Synonyms:
Ascomycotina, subdivision Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycotina
Type of:
division
(botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum
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