Ascomycota

• Ascocarp - fruiting body produced by Ascomycetes
• Anamorph - asexual fungi
• Teleomorph - sexual fungi
• Logic:

  Anamorph - Conidia

  Teleomorph - Ascospores
• Ascomata - sexual organs formed by ascomycetes
• Identify the different ascomata shapes

  A) Cleistothecium

  B) Perithecium

  C) Apothecium

  D) Pseudothecium

  
• Ostiole - opening of the Ascocarps
• Unitunicate - a classification of ascus walls described by relatively thin walls
• Bitunicate - a classification of ascus walls described by thick two walls called the exotunica and the endotunica
• Dehiscence - mechanism by which the ascospores are released
• Subphylum: Pezizomycotina - aka Cup Fungi, which include morels and truffles. Lichenized ascomycetes are also found here
• Subphylum: Saccharomycotina - aka Budding Yeasts. Includes the Saccharomyces, Candida, and Dipodascus genus
• Subphylum: Taphtinomycotina - aka Fission yeasts, known for dividing through the formation of a septum in the middle of the cell
• Class: Schizosaccaromycetes - grows on sugar rich foods. Used to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology
• True or False: The class "Schizosaccharomycetes" fall under the subphylum "Saccharomycotina"

  False