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