any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
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n large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungi n any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
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a related to or characteristic of fungi of the class Ascomycetes
