a phylum of higher fungi, coextensive with the class Ascomycetes. It comprises Hemiascomycetes; Plectomycetes; Pyrenomycetes; Discomycetessac fungi; in some classification systems it is considered a division of the kingdom Fungi.
fungi characterized by the formation of asci and ascospores
The division or phylum of fungi with septate hyphae in which the spores are formed within a sac-like cell called in ascus. Ascomycetes is the vestigial name of a class of sac fungi.
One of the four phylum of the true fungi. See also Basidiomycota, Chytridiomycota and Zygomycota.
a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi
one of the four divisions within the Fungal Kingdom. Contains three classes, Laboulbeniomycetes, Protoascomycetes, Euascomycetes (see classification). Characterised by the formation of ascospores. More information
The Ascomycota, formerly known as the Ascomycetae, or Ascomycetes, are a Division of Fungi, whose members are commonly known as the Ball-Sac Fungi, which produce spores in a distinctive type of microscopic sporangium called an ascus (from Greek: (askos), meaning "sac" or "wineskin").
