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subkingdom Dikarya. Its
members are
commonly known as the sac
fungi or
ascomycetes. It is the
largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The defining...
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numerous different genera,
several species of the
ascomycete genus Cochliobolus, and the
ascomycete Pneumocystis jirovecii. The
earliest mode of ****ual...
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Engyodontium aranearum is a
species of
ascomycete fungus in the
family Cordycipitaceae. It
parasitizes the long
bodied cellar spider (Pholcus phalangioides)...
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truffle is the
fruiting body of a
subterranean ascomycete fungus,
predominantly one of the many
species of the
genus Tuber. In
addition to Tuber, over...
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Barssia oregonesis is a
species of
ascomycete fungus in the
family Helvellaceae. It is the type
species of the
genus Barssia, and is
commonly found in...
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Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum is a
species of
ascomycete fungus. The
species grows on the bark of
decaying hardwood trees. Its
fruiting body is sessile...
- bag, wineskin'; pl.: asci) is the ****ual spore-bearing cell
produced in
ascomycete fungi. Each
ascus usually contains eight ascospores (or octad), produced...
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develop into
sterile cells called cystidia (basidiomycetes) or
paraphyses (
ascomycetes).
Cystidia are
often important for
microscopic identification. The subhymenium...
- ascocarp, or
ascoma (pl.: ascomata), is the
fruiting body (sporocarp) of an
ascomycete phylum fungus. It
consists of very
tightly interwoven hyphae and millions...
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Aleuria aurantia (orange peel fungus) is a
widespread ascomycete fungus in the
order Pezizales. The
bright orange, cup-shaped
ascocarps often resemble...
