8. Ascomycota Flashcards
1
Q
What are Ascomycota also called?
A
sac fungi
2
Q
What are the sacs called?
A
ascus
3
Q
What do ascus contain?
A
ascospores
4
Q
What are three main characteristics of Ascomycota?
A
- have ascospores
- septate mycelia
- most have both sexual and asexual stages
5
Q
Some genera have lost the sexual stage. What could be a reason for this? give an example of pathogen.
A
It might have been lost to evolution
6
Q
What is the Teleomorph?
A
The final, sexually reproductive form in the life cycle of any fungus of the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.
7
Q
What is the Anamorph?
A
Deuteromycetes, also called anamorphic fungi, fungi (kingdom Fungi) in which a true sexual state is uncommon or unknown.
