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plural ascomycetes
(mycology) Any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by the production of a sac, or ascus, which contains non-motile spores. quotations
Chromistas are oomycetes whereas fungi includes chytridiomycetes, zygomycetes, ascomycetes, basidiomycetes, and mitosporic fungi.
2001, Michael J Carlile, The Fungi, 2nd edition, publisher summary, page 11