Ascomycota Fungi Flora and Fauna
Ascomycota Fungi Flora and Fauna
The Ascomycota are the largest group of fungi, with over 32,000 species. They can be identified by their possession of the ascus, a pod-like container of spores and can also reproduce asexually by segmentation of the hyphae to form conidiospores. Most are mycorrhizal and almost half of the known species form lichens. They range from single cell yeasts through moulds, like Penicillium, to the morels and truffles with their large fruiting bodies.
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Ambrosia Fungi - Information from Wikipedia on various fungi from the order Ophiostomatales which have a symbiotic relationship with the ambrosia beetle.
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PezWeb - Dedicated to the study of the Pezizales, provides a great deal of information on this group of fungi.
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Mycorrhizae and the American Chestnut: An Underground Tale of Mystery - This article describes mycorrhizal associations, where the hyphae of a fungus wrap themselves around the roots of a host, in this case the American Chestnut.
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Truffle.org - Project aiming to promote truffle research. Includes a tuber directory and a truffle image gallery.
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Faery Cups - Illustrated article by Tom Volk on the different cup fungi from which a faery might choose to sip.
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Pezizales in the Pacific Northwest - Provides a key to this group of fungi.
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LIAS - Provides a global information system for lichenized and non-lichenized ascomycetes.
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Rhytisma acerinum and Rhytisma punctatum - Tom Volk provides photographs and information on these causal agents of tar spot of maple.
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Phoma - Information from Wikipedia on this genus of plant pathogens.
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Index to Ascomycota - List of about 90 sac fungi and their anamorphs, with photographs of each.
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Ascomycota - Information from Wikipedia on this phylum, including classification, biology and reproduction, with photographs.
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Coccidioides immitis - Information from Wikipedia on this pathogenic fungus that can cause coccidioidomycosis or Valley Fever.
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Phoma ligulicola - Photograph of ray blight caused by this pathogen.
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Inoperculate Discomycetes of the Netherlands - Stip Helleman’s personal site with species descriptions and pictures of Helotiales, mainly Hyaloscyphaceae, and other ascomycetes and members of the family Cyphellaceae.
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Bactridium flavum - Photograph of this yellow species.
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Freshwater Ascomycetes and Their Anamorphs - General information about the group, a referenced database listing the ascomycetes reported from freshwater, and a series of illustrated species profiles.
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Moulds in the Home: Cladosporium cladosporioides - Article on this species which can cause unsightly patches on damp walls in houses.
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Cephalosporium Leaf Stripe - Photographs and information on the fungus Cephalosporium gramineum which is known to affect wheat, barley, oats, rye and grasses.
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Stachybotrys chartarum - Scanning electron microscope image of a conidium and spores.
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Database of Chestnut Mycorrhizae - Provides a searchable facility for identifying ectomycorrhizal fungi, and details of the research being done at the University of Wisconsin into the chestnut blight caused by Cryphonectria parasitica.
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Ascomycetes - Notes on this varied group which produce microscopic spores inside special, elongated cells or sacs, known as "asci".
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Truffle-like Fungi in Australia - Photographs and much information on these fungi whose truffle-like fruiting bodies are generally produced underground.
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Corniculariella spina - Photograph of this spiny species growing on a branch.
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Delicacies in the Sand or Manna from Heaven? - Article by Tom Volk on desert truffles which are members of the genera Terfezia and Tirmania and are much esteemed as food in the semi-arid regions of Arabia and North Africa.
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Ascochyta Leaf Spot - Photographs and information on various Ascochyta species which infect wheat, barley, oats, rye and many grasses.
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