Ascomycota

Ascomycota

Sarcoscypha coccinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Subkingdom:	Dikarya
Phylum:	Ascomycota (Berk 1857) Caval.-Sm. 1998^[1]

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.

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↑ Cavalier-Smith, T. (1998). "A revised six-kingdom system of Life". Biol. Rev. Camb. Philos. Soc. 73 (3): 203–266. doi:10.1017/S0006323198005167.

Infectious diseases · Mycoses (B35-B49, 110-118)

Superficial and
cutaneous

Tinea (skin)

Dermatophytosis

By location	Tinea barbae/Tinea capitis (Kerion) · Tinea corporis (Ringworm) · Tinea cruris · Tinea manuum · Tinea pedis (Athlete's foot) · Tinea unguium/Onychomycosis
By organism	Epidermophyton · Microsporum · Trichophyton

Other

ascomycota: Exophiala (Tinea nigra)
basidiomycota: Malassezia (Tinea versicolor)

Piedra (hair)
exothrix/endothrix

Trichosporon (White piedra) · Piedraia (Black piedra)

Subcutaneous,
systemic,
and opportunistic

Dimorphic fungi	ascomycota: Coccidioides immitis (Coccidioidomycosis) · Histoplasma capsulatum (Histoplasmosis) · Blastomyces dermatitidis (Blastomycosis) · Lacazia loboi (Lobo's disease) · Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (Paracoccidioidomycosis) · Sporothrix schenckii (Sporotrichosis) · Penicillium marneffei (Penicilliosis)
Yeast-like	ascomycota: Candidiasis (Oral, Esophageal, Chronic mucocutaneous) · Pneumocystis (Pneumocystis pneumonia) basidiomycota: Cryptococcus (Cryptococcosis)
Mold-like/filamentous	mitosporic fungi: Aspergillosis (Aspergilloma, Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis) zygomycota: Zygomycosis unknown/multiple: Chromoblastomycosis · Mycetoma (Eumycetoma, Maduromycosis)
Other/unsorted	ascomycota: Geotrichum Microsporidiosis

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