ASCOMYCETE
- A fungus whose spores develop within asci. The ascomycetes include most molds, mildews, and yeasts, the fungal component of most lichens, and a few large forms such as morels and truffles
- any of various members of a large group of fungi characterized by the presence of sexually produced spores formed within an ascus [n ASCOMYCETES] : ASCOMYCETOUS [adj]
- one of the main divisions of the Fungi [n -S]