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ASPERGILLALES

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Meaning:

Order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered in a hymenium

Synonyms:

Aspergillales; Eurotiales; order Aspergillales; order Eurotiales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Aspergillales" is a kind of...):

fungus order (the order of fungi)

Meronyms (members of "Aspergillales"):

Eurotium; genus Eurotium (a genus of fungi belonging to the order Eurotiales)

Aspergillaceae; family Aspergillaceae (family of fungi including some common molds)

Holonyms ("Aspergillales" is a member of...):

class Plectomycetes; Plectomycetes (class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a cleistothecium (it releases spores only on decay or disintegration))

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