Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of ascomycetous fungi of parasitic or saprophytic habit, with the tissues usually hard and somewhat coriaceous.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora
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Those which vegetate most luxuriantly there are the _fungi_, and among them especially the _pyrenomycetes_, which are frequent in the waters of mines.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 Various
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Gnomoniopsis are leaf and stem inhabiting pyrenomycetes that infect plants.
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Gnomoniopsis are leaf and stem inhabiting pyrenomycetes that infect plants.
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