ascomycetous

[ as-kuh-mahy-see-tuhs ]

adjective

, Mycology.

1. belonging or pertaining to the Ascomycota.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ascomycetous¹

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

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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

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