Ascomycete Fungi
Ascomycota
Ascomycota is a division or phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, form the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. They are the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The defining feature of this fungal group is the "ascus" (from Greek: ἀσκός (askos), meaning "sac" or "wineskin"), a microscopic sexual structure in which nonmotile spores, called ascospores, are formed. However, some species of the...
60 branches of this phylum, most-observed first
Sac Fungi and Lichens
subphylumPezizomycotina
Taphrinomycotina
subphylumTaphrinomycotina
budding yeasts
subphylumSaccharomycotina
Anthina
genusAnthina
Cornucopiella
genusCornucopiella
Miricatena
genusMiricatena
Gloiosphaera
genusGloiosphaera
Triscelophorus
genusTriscelophorus
Vouauxiella
genusVouauxiella
Hapalosphaeria
genusHapalosphaeria
Minutoexcipula
genusMinutoexcipula
Dendrospora
genusDendrospora
Amblyosporium
genusAmblyosporium
Flabellospora
genusFlabellospora
Hyalotrochophora
genusHyalotrochophora
Geohypha
genusGeohypha
Septogloeum
genusSeptogloeum
Diplocladiella
genusDiplocladiella
Arthrosporium
genusArthrosporium
Tricellula
genusTricellula
Culicidospora
genusCulicidospora
Gloeodes
genusGloeodes
Lateriramulosa
genusLateriramulosa
Sphaeronaema
genusSphaeronaema
Tridentaria
genusTridentaria
Tompetchia
genusTompetchia
Coniothecium
genusConiothecium
Harpographium
genusHarpographium
Hawksworthiana
genusHawksworthiana
Fumago
genusFumago
Fusidium
genusFusidium
Actinocladium
genusActinocladium
Hansfordia
genusHansfordia
Schroeteria
genusSchroeteria
Angulospora
genusAngulospora
Leptothyrium
genusLeptothyrium
Coremiella
genusCoremiella
Nematogonum
genusNematogonum
Gyrothrix
genusGyrothrix
Pleuropedium
genusPleuropedium
Camarographium
genusCamarographium
Hymenopsis
genusHymenopsis
Mycoenterolobium
genusMycoenterolobium
Pseudographiella
genusPseudographiella
Cornutispora
genusCornutispora
Lylea
genusLylea
Pestalozziella
genusPestalozziella
Pirostoma
genusPirostoma
Everhartia
genusEverhartia
Ectostroma
genusEctostroma
Ceratocladium
genusCeratocladium
Sphaeridium
genusSphaeridium
Asteromyces
genusAsteromyces
Rhinotrichella
genusRhinotrichella
Pleurodomus
genusPleurodomus
Linodochium
genusLinodochium
Articularia
genusArticularia
Hypha
genusHypha
Oncopodium
genusOncopodium
Heterocephalum
genusHeterocephalum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48250.