Hemiascomycetes

plural noun

Hemi·​ascomycetes

in some classifications

: a subclass of Ascomycetes comprising simple ascomycetous fungi that lack an ascocarp and have asci arising directly from the fertile ascogonium and each containing an indefinite number of spores see endomycetales , taphrinales compare protoascomycetes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from hemi- entry 1 + Ascomycetes

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