| Noun | 1. | Pyrenomycetes - class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and neurosporaclass - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders order Sphaeriales, Sphaeriales - large order of ascomycetous fungi usually having a dark hard perithecia with definite ostioles; in more recent classifications often divided among several orders | |