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Answer for the clue "Large class of higher fungi coextensive with division Ascomycota sac fungi ", 11 letters:
ascomycetes

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n. (plural of ascomycete English)

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Ascomycetes \As`co*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL.; ascus + Gr. ?, ?, fungus.] (Bot.) A large class of higher fungi distinguished by septate hyph[ae], and by having their spores formed in asci, or spore sacs; the sac fungi. It comprises many orders, among which ...