Pyrenomycetes

plural noun

Py·​re·​no·​my·​ce·​tes

in some classifications

: a subclass of fungi (class Ascomycetes) including those that produce a typical perithecium and comprising the orders Sphaeriales, Perisporiales, Hypocreales, and Dothideales

pyrenomycetous

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adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pyren- + -mycetes

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