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Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the 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. [3]
An ascus (from Ancient Greek ἀσκός (askós) 'skin bag, wineskin'; pl.: asci) [1] is the sexual spore-bearing cell produced in ascomycete fungi. Each ascus usually contains eight ascospores (or octad), produced by meiosis followed, in most species, by a mitotic cell division.
Most ascomycetes are filamentous fungi that produce septate hyphae and have characteristics sexual phase in which they produce sexual spores called ascospores. [1] Most entomopathogenic fungi in the Phylum Ascomycota infect and proliferate in the insect body in a parasitic phase before eventually killing the host.
The Ascomycota, commonly known as sac fungi or ascomycetes, constitute the largest taxonomic group within the Eumycota. [52] These fungi form meiotic spores called ascospores, which are enclosed in a special sac-like structure called an ascus.
Aspergillus is defined as a group of conidial fungi—that is, fungi in an asexual state. Some of them, however, are known to have a teleomorph (sexual state) in the Ascomycota. With DNA evidence, all members of the genus Aspergillus are members of the phylum Ascomycota. [citation needed]
Phylogeny of Fungi. [3] Rozellomyceta Rozellomycota. Microsporidiomycota. Aphelidiomyceta ... Division Ascomycota. Phylogeny of Ascomycota [3] Taphrinomycotina
The 2007 classification of Kingdom Fungi is the result of a large-scale collaborative research effort involving dozens of mycologists and other scientists working on fungal taxonomy. [1] It recognizes seven divisions within the Fungi, two of which—the Ascomycota and the Basidiomycota—are contained within a branch representing subkingdom ...
Saccharomycotina is a subdivision (subphylum) of the division (phylum) Ascomycota. It is a sister group to Pezizomycotina. [2] [3] Yeasts were traditionally classified as a separate group of the fungal kingdom, but in recent years [when?] DNA-based methods have changed the understanding of phylogenetic relationships among fungi.