noun
class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora
• Syn: ↑class Pyrenomycetes
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ascomycota, ↑subdivision Ascomycota, ↑Ascomycotina, ↑subdivision Ascomycotina
• Member Meronyms: ↑Erysiphales, ↑order Erysiphales, ↑Sphaeriales, ↑order Sphaeriales, ↑Hypocreales, ↑order Hypocreales
Useful english dictionary. 2012.