Pezizomycetes
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Pezizomycetes are a class of fungi within the phylum Ascomycota
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Pezizomycetes are apothecial fungi, meaning that their spore producing/releasing bodies (ascoma) are typically disk-like, bearing on their upper surfaces a layer of cylindrical spore producing cells called asci
, from which the spores are forcibly discharged.
Ascomycota
The Ascomycota are a Division/Phylum of the kingdom Fungi, and subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the Sac fungi. They are the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species...
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Pezizomycetes are apothecial fungi, meaning that their spore producing/releasing bodies (ascoma) are typically disk-like, bearing on their upper surfaces a layer of cylindrical spore producing cells called asci
Ascus
An ascus is the sexual spore-bearing cell produced in ascomycete fungi. On average, asci normally contain eight ascospores, produced by a meiotic cell division followed, in most species, by a mitotic cell division. However, asci in some genera or species can number one , two, four, or multiples...
, from which the spores are forcibly discharged.