sac fungus

sac fungus

n.

See ascomycete.

as•co•my•cete

(ˌæs kəˈmaɪ sit, -maɪˈsit)

n.

any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota (or class Ascomycetes), including the molds and truffles, characterized by the bearing of the sexual spores in a sac (disting. from basidiomycete). Also called sac fungus.

[1855–60; < New Latin Ascomycetes; see asco-, -mycete]

as`co•my•ce′tous, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sac fungus - any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus fungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, subdivision Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycotina - a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi