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

Example Sentences

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

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

Pyrenomycetes, pī-rē-nō-mī-sē′tez, n.pl. an order of ascomycetous fungi, including ergot, black-rot, &c.

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

Exoascine�, a family of parasitic ascomycetous Fungi, distinguished by the absence of any definite fruit-body, the asci being produced in a layer on the surface of the host.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

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)