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Definition of: Pyrenomycetes
(pī·rē′nō·mī·sē′tēz) noun plural
A large class of fungi characterized by the forcible expulsion of ascospores from the perithecium, including many parasitic species, as ergot. [<NL <Gk. pyrēn a fruit stone + mykes, mykētis a mushroom]
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