class Ascomycetes

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class Ascomycetes - large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota: sac fungiAscomycetesclass - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more ordersAscomycota, Ascomycotina, subdivision Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycotina - a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom FungiEuascomycetes, subclass Euascomycetes - category not used in many classification systemsDiscomycetes, subclass Discomycetes - a large and taxonomically difficult group of Ascomycetes in which the fleshy fruiting body is disklike or cup-shapedfamily Morchellaceae, Morchellaceae - a family of edible fungi including the true morels