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Ascomycetes: Phylum Ascomycota
Ascomycetes: Phylum Ascomycota
Ascomycetes
• Group of fungi
characterized
by their
production of
sexual spores
in a sac-like
structure called
an ascus.
“Cup fungus”
Types of Ascomycete
• yeast
• powdery mildew
• cup fungi
– many of these produce spores suited
for airborne dispersion.
The Ascomycota
•Most are blue-green, red and brown molds
that cause food spoilage
•chestnut blight
(Cryphonectria
parasitica)
Dutch elm disease
( Ophiostoma ulmi)
Beneficial Ascomycete
• Many Yeast are also ascomycetes