ascomycetous

American  

[as-kuh-mahy-see-tuhs] / ˌæs kə maɪˈsi təs /

adjective

Mycology.

1. belonging or pertaining to the Ascomycota.

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Etymology

Origin of ascomycetous

First recorded in 1865–70; ascomycete + -ous

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ascomycetous

Though chocolate truffles are named for their resemblance to the "edible subterranean fruiting body of several European ascomycetous fungi" that costs hundreds of dollars a pound, these candies are relatively humble.

From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2021

Discomycetes, a large section of the ascomycetous Fungi, distinguished by the fact that the hymenium covers the surface of an open, disc-like or cup-shaped fruit-body called an apothecium.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

Ascomyces is, perhaps, the lowest form which ascomycetous fungi assume, and the species are parasitic on growing plants, distorting the leaves and fruit, constituting themselves pests to the cultivators of peach, pear, and plum trees.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

Tulasne found it impossible to make these corpuscles germinate, and in all essential particulars they agreed with the spermatia found in ascomycetous fungi.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

Pycnid, pik′nid, n. a special receptacle in ascomycetous fungi, resembling a perithecium, in which stylospores or pycnospores are produced—also Pycnid′ium.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various