yəˌrōd.ēˈā(ˌ)lēz, -ōshē- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Eurotium, included genus (from Greek eurōt-, eurōs mold + New Latin -ium ) + -ales
: an order (subclass Euascomycetes) of fungi (as the blue molds) having a closed ascocarp with the asci scattered rather than collected into a hymenial layer