Class Plectomycetes (Noun)
Meaning
Class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a cleistothecium (it releases spores only on decay or disintegration).
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Pleosporomycetidae and Eurotiomycetidae are subclasses of Pezizomycotina that also produce cleistothecia, but they are distinct from Class Plectomycetes.
- The class Plectomycetes contains a variety of fungi that produce powdery spores when their fruiting bodies break down.
- Class Plectomycetes is often associated with the growth of powdery mildews that infect plants worldwide.
- Plectomycetes belongs to the division Ascomycota, a broad group that encompasses many classes and types of fungi.
- This class includes certain species known to humans for various reasons such as food and diseases caused by some of the Plectomycetes such as Aspergillus species.