The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ascomycota \Ascomycota\ n.
   .
   [PJC]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ascomycota \Ascomycota\ n.
   a phylum of higher fungi, coextensive with the class
   Ascomycetes. It comprises Hemiascomycetes; Plectomycetes;
   Pyrenomycetes; Discomycetessac fungi; in some classification
   systems it is considered a division of the kingdom Fungi.

   Syn: subdivision Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, subdivision
        Ascomycotina.
        [WordNet 1.5]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Ascomycota
    n 1: a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes
         and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac
         fungi; in some classification systems considered a division
         of the kingdom Fungi [syn: Ascomycota, subdivision
         Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, subdivision Ascomycotina]