| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at hemi- + noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from hemi- (I) + Ascomycetes
: a subclass of Ascomycetes comprising simple ascomycetous fungi that lack an ascocarp and have asci arising directly from the fertile ascogonium and each containing an indefinite number of spores — see endomycetales , taphrinales ; compare protoascomycetes