Ascomycota

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Ascomycota
Sarcoscypha coccinea
Sarcoscypha coccinea
Biological classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Subkingdom: Dikarya
Phylum: Ascomycota
(Berk 1857) Caval.-Sm. 1998[1]
Subphyla/Classes
Pezizomycotina [1][4]
Arthoniomycetes
Dothideomycetes
Eurotiomycetes
Laboulbeniomycetes
Lecanoromycetes
Leotiomycetes
Lichinomycetes
Orbiliomycetes
Pezizomycetes
Sordariomycetes
"Unplaced orders"
Lahmiales
Medeolariales
Triblidiales
"Unplaced family"
Geoglossaceae
Saccharomycotina
Saccharomycetes
Taphrinomycotina
Neolectomycetes
Pneumocystidomycetes
Schizosaccharomycetes
Taphrinomycetes

Ascomycota is a phylum of fungi (kingdom Fungi), members are commonly known as the Sac Fungi, characterized by a saclike structure, the ascus, which contains four to eight ascospores in the sexual stage.

[change] References

  1. ↑ Cavalier-Smith, T. (1998). "A revised six-kingdom system of Life". Biol. Rev. Camb. Philos. Soc. 73 (3): 203–266. doi:10.1017/S0006323198005167. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=BRE&volumeId=73&issueId=03#. 
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