Ascomycota

(noun)

a taxonomic division within the kingdom Fungi; those fungi that produce spores in a microscopic sporangium called an ascus

Related Terms

Examples of Ascomycota in the following topics:

  • Ascomycota: The Sac Fungi

    • Most fungi belong to the Phylum Ascomycota, which uniquely forms of an ascus, a sac-like structure that contains haploid ascospores.
    • The majority of known fungi belong to the Phylum Ascomycota, which is characterized by the formation of an ascus (plural, asci), a sac-like structure that contains haploid ascospores.

  • Mutualistic Relationships with Fungi and Fungivores

    • The fungal partner can belong to the Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, or Zygomycota.
    • Lichens are not a single organism, but, rather, an example of a mutualism in which a fungus (usually a member of the Ascomycota or Basidiomycota phyla) lives in close contact with a photosynthetic organism (a eukaryotic alga or a prokaryotic cyanobacterium).

  • Characteristics of Fungi

    • The kingdom Fungi includes an enormous variety of living organisms collectively referred to as Ascomycota, or true Fungi .