(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, Syn.Ascomycotina, subdivision Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycotina
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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 ]