Ascomycete

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  ascomycete \ascomycete\ n.
     1. 1 any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision
        Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an
        ascus.
  
     Syn: ascomycetous fungus.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ascomycete
       n : any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision
           Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an
           ascus [syn: {ascomycetous fungus}]