Ascomycota

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin ascus, from Ancient Greek ἀσκός (askós, a hide, a wineskin) + -mycota

Proper noun

Ascomycota

  1. Those fungi that produce spores in a microscopic sporangium called an ascus
    1. A taxonomic division within the kingdom Fungi.
    2. A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Dikarya.[1]

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References

  1. Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521
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