any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
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Ascomycete
any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Microbiology, Biology, Infectious disease, Nature and environment, Plants.fungus causing brown root rot in plants of the pea and potato and cucumber families
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A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fungus, class, ascomycetes, subdivision, ascomycota.See Ascus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fungus, class, ascomycetes, subdivision, ascomycota.One of the spores contained in the asci of lichens and fungi. [See Illust. of Ascus.]
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fungus, class, ascomycetes, subdivision, ascomycota.saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fungus, class, ascomycetes, subdivision, ascomycota.A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putref…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fungus, class, ascomycetes, subdivision, ascomycota.fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fungus, class, ascomycetes, subdivision, ascomycota.A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fungus, class, ascomycetes, subdivision, ascomycota.To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fungus, class, ascomycetes, subdivision, ascomycota.A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fungus, class, ascomycetes, subdivision, ascomycota.A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball cont…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fungus, class, ascomycetes, subdivision, ascomycota.Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fungus, class, ascomycetes, subdivision, ascomycota.A long seat; a bench; hence, a rank of students in a school; a class; also, a class or rank in society.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fungus, class, ascomycetes, subdivision, ascomycota.
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