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Ascospore vs Ascomycete - What's the difference?

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Ascospore is a related term of ascomycete.


As nouns the difference between ascospore and ascomycete

is that ascospore is (biology) a sexually produced spore from the ascus of an ascomycetes fungus while ascomycete is any fungus of the phylum ascomycota, characterized by the production of a sac, or ascus, which contains non-motile spores.

ascospore

English

Noun

(wikipedia ascospore) (en noun)
  • (biology) A sexually produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus
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    ascomycete

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by the production of a sac, or ascus, which contains non-motile spores.

    • Synonyms

    * sac fungus

    Related terms

    * ascocarp * ascospore

    See also

    * (Ascomycota) * (Ascomycota) * (Ascomycota)