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Ascomycota Ascomycetes; Ascos; Sac fungi; Yeasts

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Higher taxa:  Life   Fungi   IDnature guides: Endophytic_Fungi, Groups_Ascomycota, North_American_Invasives

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© Sophia Balcomb, 2003 Morphospecies sp code 8830, up	© Photographer/source Morphospecies sp code 7707,down JP80404_14
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Kinds

Acarosporaceae Acrospermaceae Adelococcaceae Agyriaceae Ajellomycetaceae Aliquandostipitaceae Amorphothecaceae Amphisphaeriaceae Anamylopsoraceae Annulatascaceae Antennulariellaceae Aphanopsidaceae Apiosporaceae Arachnomycetaceae Arctomiaceae Argynnaceae Armatellaceae Arthoniaceae Arthopyreniaceae Arthrodermataceae Arthrorhaphidaceae Ascobolaceae Ascocorticiaceae Ascodesmidaceae Ascodichaenaceae Ascoideaceae Ascoporiaceae Ascosphaeraceae Aspidotheliaceae Asterinaceae Aulographaceae Baeomycetaceae Batistiaceae Bertiaceae Biatorellaceae Bionectriaceae Boliniaceae Botryosphaeriaceae Brigantiaeaceae Bulgariaceae Caloscyphaceae Calosphaeriaceae Calycidiaceae Candelariaceae Capnodiaceae Carbomycetaceae Catabotrydaceae Catillariaceae Cephaloascaceae Cephalothecaceae Ceratomycetaceae Ceratostomataceae Chadefaudiellaceae Chaetomiaceae Chaetosphaerellaceae Chaetosphaeriaceae Chaetothyriaceae Chrysotrichaceae Cladoniaceae -- Heterodeaceae Filson, Cetradoniaceae JC Wei and Ahti 2002 Clavicipitaceae Clypeosphaeriaceae Coccocarpiaceae Coccodiniaceae Coccoideaceae Coccotremataceae Coenogoniaceae Collemataceae Coniochaetaceae Coniocybaceae Cookellaceae Coryneliaceae Corynesporascaceae Crocyniaceae Cryphonectriaceae Cryptomycetaceae Cucurbitariaceae Cudoniaceae Cyttariaceae Dacampiaceae Dactylosporaceae Davidiellaceae Delitschiaceae Dermateaceae Diademaceae Diaporthaceae Diatrypaceae Didymosphaeriaceae Dipodascaceae Diporothecaceae Discinaceae Dothideaceae Dothioraceae Elaphomycetaceae Elixiaceae Elsinoaceae Endomycetaceae Englerulaceae Eoterfeziaceae Epigloeaceae Eremascaceae Eremomycetaceae Eremotheciaceae Erysiphaceae Euantennariaceae Euceratomycetaceae Fenestellaceae Fuscideaceae Geoglossaceae Glaziellaceae Gloeoheppiaceae Glomerellaceae Gnomoniaceae Gomphillaceae -- Solorinellaceae Vezda and Poelt 1990 Graphidaceae Graphostromataceae Gyalectaceae Gymnoascaceae Gypsoplacaceae Haematommataceae Halosphaeriaceae Helminthosphaeriaceae Helotiaceae Helvellaceae Hemiphacidiaceae Heppiaceae Herpomycetaceae Herpotrichiellaceae Hispidicarpomycetaceae Hyaloscyphaceae Hymeneliaceae Hypocreaceae Hyponectriaceae Hypsostromataceae Hysteriaceae Icmadophilaceae Karstenellaceae Kathistaceae Koralionastetaceae Laboulbeniaceae Lahmiaceae Lasiosphaeriaceae Lautosporaceae Lecanoraceae Lecideaceae -- Porpidiaceae Hertel and Hafellner 1984 Leotiaceae Leptopeltidaceae Letrouitiaceae Lichenotheliaceae Lichinaceae Lipomycetaceae Lobariaceae Lophiostomataceae Loramycetaceae Lulworthiaceae Magnaporthaceae Massariaceae Massarinaceae Mastodiaceae Medeolariaceae Megalariaceae Megalosporaceae Megasporaceae Melanconidaceae Melanomma Melanommataceae Melaspileaceae Meliolaceae Meliolinaceae Mesnieraceae Metacapnodiaceae Metschnikowiaceae Microascaceae Microcaliciaceae Micropeltidaceae Microtheliopsidaceae Microthyriaceae Miltideaceae Monascaceae Monoblastiaceae Montagnulaceae Morchellaceae Moriolaceae Morphotype Mucomassariaceae Mycoblastaceae Mycocaliciaceae Mycoporaceae Mycosphaerellaceae Myeloconidaceae Myriangiaceae Mytilinidiaceae Myxotrichaceae Naetrocymbaceae Nectriaceae Neolectaceae Nephromataceae Niessliaceae Nitschkiaceae Obryzaceae Ochrolechiaceae Odontotremataceae Onygenaceae Ophiocordycipitaceae Ophioparmaceae Ophiostomataceae Orbiliaceae Pachyascaceae Pannariaceae Papulosaceae Parmeliaceae -- Anziaceae M Sato 1939 Parmulariaceae Parodiellaceae Parodiopsidaceae Patellariaceae Peltigeraceae Peltulaceae Pertusariaceae Pezizaceae Phacidiaceae Phaeochoraceae Phaeosphaeriaceae Phaeotrichaceae Phaneromycetaceae Phlyctidaceae Phyllachoraceae Phyllobatheliaceae Physciaceae -- Caliciaceae Chevall 1826 Pichiaceae Piedraiaceae Pilocarpaceae Placynthiaceae Planistromellaceae Pleomassariaceae Pleurostomataceae Pleurotremataceae Pneumocystidaceae Polystomellaceae Porinaceae Protomycetaceae Protoscyphaceae Protothelenellaceae Pseudeurotiaceae Pseudoperisporiaceae Psoraceae Pyrenotrichaceae Pyrenulaceae Pyronemataceae Pyxidiophoraceae Ramalinaceae -- Bacidiaceae W Watson 1929 Requienellaceae Rhizinaceae Rhizocarpaceae Rhynchostomataceae Rhytismataceae Roccellaceae Rutstroemiaceae Saccardiaceae Saccharomycetaceae Saccharomycodaceae Saccharomycopsidaceae Sarcoscyphaceae Sarcosomataceae Sarrameanaceae -- Loxosporaceae Kalb and Staiger 1995 Schaereriaceae Schizosaccharomycetaceae Schizothyriaceae Sclerotiniaceae Scoliciosporaceae Scotechiniaceae Seuratiaceae Sordariaceae Spathulosporaceae Sphaerophoraceae Sphinctrinaceae Sporormiaceae Stereocaulaceae Stictidaceae Strigulaceae Taphrinaceae Teichosporaceae Teloschistaceae Testudinaceae Thelebolaceae Thelenellaceae Thelocarpaceae Thelotremataceae Thyridiaceae Togniniaceae Triblidiaceae Trichocomaceae Trichomonascaceae Trichosphaeriaceae Trypetheliaceae Tuberaceae Tubeufiaceae Umbilicariaceae Valsaceae Venturiaceae Verrucariaceae Vezdaeaceae Vialaeaceae Vibrisseaceae Vizellaceae Xanthopyreniaceae Xylariaceae Zopfiaceae

Overview

Fungi that bear the products of meiosis within sacs (asci) if the organism is multicellular. Some are unicellular.

Phylogeny

Tree of Life

Links to other sites

The Fungus Kingdom, Sac Fungi, The Natural Perspective, Ari Kornfield Ascomycota, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney

Acknowledgements

Ashley MacDonald, University of Georgia, Athens I thank John Pickering for his assistance with the development of this page.

Updated: 2009-11-22 01:13:58 gmt

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