Pseudosphaeriales

plural noun

Pseu·​do·​sphaeriales

"+

in some classifications

: an order of ascomycetous fungi including forms (as those of the family Pseudosphaeriaceae) in which one ascus develops in each stromatic cavity

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pseud- + Sphaeriales

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