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The Ascomycota are the largest group of fungi, with over 32,000 species. They can be identified by their possession of the ascus, a pod-like container of spores and can also reproduce asexually by segmentation of the hyphae to form conidiospores. Most are mycorrhizal and almost half of the known species form lichens. They range from single cell yeasts through moulds, like Penicillium, to the morels and truffles with their large fruiting bodies.
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Information from Wikipedia on various fungi from the order Ophiostomatales which have a symbiotic relationship with the ambrosia beetle.
Notes on this varied group which produce microscopic spores inside special, elongated cells or sacs, known as "asci".
Information from Wikipedia on this phylum, including classification, biology and reproduction, with photographs.
Photograph of this yellow species.
Information from Wikipedia on this pathogenic fungus that can cause coccidioidomycosis or Valley Fever.
Illustrated article by Tom Volk on this fungal pathogen, the cause of coccidioidomycosis.
Photograph of this spiny species growing on a branch.
Article by Tom Volk on desert truffles which are members of the genera Terfezia and Tirmania and are much esteemed as food in the semi-arid regions of Arabia and North Africa.
Illustrated article by Tom Volk on the different cup fungi from which a faery might choose to sip.
General information about the group, a referenced database listing the ascomycetes reported from freshwater, and a series of illustrated species profiles.
Stip Helleman’s personal site with species descriptions and pictures of Helotiales, mainly Hyaloscyphaceae, and other ascomycetes and members of the family Cyphellaceae.
Provides a global information system for lichenized and non-lichenized ascomycetes.
Provides a key to this group of fungi.
Information from Wikipedia on this genus of plant pathogens.
Tom Volk provides photographs and information on these causal agents of tar spot of maple.
Photographs and much information on these fungi whose truffle-like fruiting bodies are generally produced underground.
General information about the group, a referenced database listing the ascomycetes reported from freshwater, and a series of illustrated species profiles.
Tom Volk provides photographs and information on these causal agents of tar spot of maple.
Information from Wikipedia on this genus of plant pathogens.
Information from Wikipedia on this phylum, including classification, biology and reproduction, with photographs.
Stip Helleman’s personal site with species descriptions and pictures of Helotiales, mainly Hyaloscyphaceae, and other ascomycetes and members of the family Cyphellaceae.
Information from Wikipedia on various fungi from the order Ophiostomatales which have a symbiotic relationship with the ambrosia beetle.
Provides a key to this group of fungi.
Information from Wikipedia on this pathogenic fungus that can cause coccidioidomycosis or Valley Fever.
Illustrated article by Tom Volk on this fungal pathogen, the cause of coccidioidomycosis.
Photograph of this spiny species growing on a branch.
Photograph of this yellow species.
Illustrated article by Tom Volk on the different cup fungi from which a faery might choose to sip.
Article by Tom Volk on desert truffles which are members of the genera Terfezia and Tirmania and are much esteemed as food in the semi-arid regions of Arabia and North Africa.
Provides a global information system for lichenized and non-lichenized ascomycetes.
Photographs and much information on these fungi whose truffle-like fruiting bodies are generally produced underground.
Notes on this varied group which produce microscopic spores inside special, elongated cells or sacs, known as "asci".

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