SAC FUNGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sac fungus mean? 

• SAC FUNGUS (noun)
  The noun SAC FUNGUS has 1 sense:

1. any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus

  Familiarity information: SAC FUNGUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAC FUNGUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sac fungus" is a kind of...):

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Holonyms ("sac fungus" is a member of...):

Ascomycota; 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 Fungi)

 Context examples 

A phylum of fungi whose members are commonly known as the sac fungi.

(Ascomycota, NCI Thesaurus)