ascomycete
as·co·my·cete
noun
1.
any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
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From the taxonomic name Ascomycetes (older synonym of Ascomycota) reanalyzed as a plural common noun; by surface analysis, asco- + -mycete.
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