Class of Ascomycotina, traditionally based on taxa with perithecioid ascomata that are ascohymenial in ontogeny and have unitunicate asci, often with an apical annulus. Found on http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary/Defs_P.htm
Pyrenomycetes is a family of ascomycetous fungi with flask-like fructifications. open at the top for the discharge of the spores. Some species are parasitic on plants, others on insect larvae, while several species are saprophytes. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BPA.HTM