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Definition of Sac fungus
1. Noun. Any of various ascomycetous fungi in which the spores are formed in a sac or ascus.
Group relationships: Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, Subdivision Ascomycota, Subdivision Ascomycotina
Definition of Sac fungus
1. Noun. Any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota, having non-motile spores in a sac ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sac Fungus
Literary usage of Sac fungus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"The morel (Morchella), an edible sac fungus The fruiting surface of the ascocarps
is sometimes very extensive, and is thrown up into irregular lobes and ..."
2. Minnesota Plant Diseases by Edward Monroe Freeman (1905)
"This parasite is a sac fungus of the black fungus group but the sac spores are
very uncommon. Bordeaux mixture has proved successful in combating this ..."
3. Elementary Studies in Botany by John Merle Coulter (1913)
"Any fungus in whose life-history these sacs appear is a " Sac-fungus." FIG. 43.
— Puffballs. — After GIBSON. ..."
4. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"The formula for the life history of a sac fungus with functional sexual organs
is then G<^'s^> — S (ascocarp) — asex. s. (ascospore) — G<[^>— S— asex. s. ..."
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