Ascomycota

Translingual

(subphylum Pezizomycotina)

Etymology

From New Latin ascus, from Ancient Greek ἀσκός (askós, “a hide, a wineskin”) +‎ -mycota

Proper noun

Ascomycota

1. Those fungi that produce spores in a microscopic sporangium called an ascus
   1. A taxonomic division within the kingdom Fungi.
   2. A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Dikarya.

Synonyms

• Ascomycetes

Hypernyms

• (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Dikarya - subkingdom

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Pezizomycotina, Saccharomycotina, Taphrinomycotina (subphyla)

References

• Ascomycota on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ascomycota on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ascomycota on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ascomycota at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ascomycota at the Tree of Life Web Project