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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)
ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters)
Ascomycota
is also a member of:
Micromycetes
Fungi sl.
Lower Plants
(via Fungi ss.)

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ASCOMYCOTA Whittaker, 1959 (spore shooters)

Further Information

Lab. techniques Except for a handful of larger species, microscopic examination is always required to identify ascomycetes. Staining is often necessary to make hyaline tissues and spores visible - the question is what stain to use: as a rule of thumb: if it has asci, use Melzer's Iodine; other hyaline structures can be stained with Congo Red. Anamorphic fungi generally stain well in Cotton Blue, although dematiaceous hyphomycetes generally need no staining.

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #notes #refs
Form genus Aposphaeria Berk., 1880 (a form genus of coelomycetes)     8 13    
Class ARTHONIOMYCETES (a class of lichens) 12          
Subclass ARTHONIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of lichens) 12 37 23 8   4
Phylum ASCOMYCETES G. Winter, 1881 (spore shooters) 107 256 301 460   106
Anamorphic Species Bispora antennata (Pers.) E.W. Mason, 1953 (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)   1     1  
Species Burenia inundata (an ascomycete)           1
Form genus Campylospora Ranzoni, 1953 (a form genus of hyphomycetes) 1          
Anamorphic Species Campylospora parvula Kuzuha, 1973 (a anamorphic ascomycete)           1
Form genus Cephalosporium (a form genus of anamorphic fungi) 3         3
Class DOTHIDEOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes) 524 1355 1339 1806 6 504
Class EUROTIOMYCES (a class of fungi) 10          
Subclass CHAETOTHYRIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes) 10 41 52 29   3
Subclass EUROTIOMYCETIDAE Tehler, 1988 (a subclass of ascomycetes) 35 24 10 16   46
Form genus Fusicladium (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 2         3
Form genus Geniculospora (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 1          
Anamorphic Species Geniculospora inflata (Ingold) Sv. Nilsson ex Marvanová & Sv. Nilsson, 1971 (an anamorphic fungus)           1
Genus Gyoerffyella Kol, 1928 (a genus of ascomycetes) 1          
Species Gyoerffyella biappendiculata (G.R.W. Arnold) Vanev, 1974 (a fungus)           1
Genus Intralichen D. Hawksw. & M.S. Cole (a genus of lichenicolous fungi) 1          
Species Intralichen lichenum (Diederich) D. Hawksw. & M.S. Cole, 2002 (a lichen)           1
Class LABOULBENIOMYCETES (laboulbeniomycetes) 26          
Subclass LABOULBENIOMYCETIDAE Alexop., 1962 (laboulbeniomycetes) 26   11 59   35
Species Lecanicillium lecanii (an entomogenous fungus)           1
Class LECANOROMYCETES (a class of lichens) 186          
Subclass ACAROSPOROMYCETIDAE (a subclass of lichens) 1 3        
Subclass LECANOROMYCETIDAE (a subclass of lichens) 181 620 337 116   24
Order UMBILICARIALES (an order of lichens) 4 13        
Class LICHINOMYCETES (a class of lichens) 2 6        
Species Piricularia submersa Ingold, 1944 (an aquatic hyphomycete)           1
Form genus Polyscytalum Riess, 1853 (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic fungi) 1          
Anamorphic Species Polyscytalum truncatum B. Sutton & Hodges, 1977 (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)           1
Class SORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes) 207 399 408 639 2 287
Anamorphic Species Strasseria carpophila (an ascomycete)           1
Class TAPHRINOMYCETES O.E. Erikss. & Winka, 1997 (a class of ascomycetes) 10          
Subclass TAPHRINOMYCETIDAE Tehler, 1988 (a subclass of ascomycetes) 10 51 32 24   14
Form genus Torula Pers., 1794 (a genus of dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycetes) 1 9 4 31 1  
Genus Triscelophorus Ingold, 1943 (a genus of ascomycetes) 1          
Species Triscelophorus monosporus Ingold, 1943 (a fungus)           1
Informal (Discomycetes) (Discomycete Fungi) 255 639 585 1044 1 274
Informal (Lichenes) (Lichens) 260 794 499 160 8 95

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Swedish Fungi: http://swefungi.se/swindex.html Swedish Fungi
Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F., 1984 Ascomycetes
Dennis, R.W.G., 1978 British Ascomycetes
Dennis, R.W.G., 1981 British Ascomycetes: Addenda and Corrigenda
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
Ellis, M.B., 1971 (Anamorphic states with pigmented conidia or hyphae.) Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
Ellis, M.B., 1976 (Anamorphic states with pigmented conidia or hyphae.) More Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes
Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 2000 Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 1 (Ascomycetes)
Checklist of Larger Ascomycetes from Klodzko Land (Poland): http://wwkk.mikologia.pl/index.php Checklist of Larger Ascomycetes from Klodzko Land (Poland)
Phillips, R., 1981 (A good selection of the larger common species) Mushrooms & other Fungi of Great Britain & Europe
Phillips, R., 2006 (A good selection of the larger common species) Mushrooms
von Arx, J.A. & Müller, E., translated by Butterfill, G.B., 1969 Keys to the genera of Amerospored and Didymospored Pyrenomycetes

Aero-aquatic fungi

Ingold, C.T., 1975 (Aquatic anamorphic forms) Guide to Aquatic Hyphomycetes

Dung fungi

Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997 Keys to Fungi on Dung
Seifert, K., Kendrick, B. & Murase, G., 1983 (Anamorphic forms) A key to Hyphomycetes on dung

Lichenicolous fungi

Hawksworth, D.L., 1983 A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles

Plant pathology

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Moore, W.C., 1959 British Parasitic Fungi

Software

Laessøe, T. & Peteren, J.H., 2007 Mycokey v2.1
Laessøe, T. & Peteren, J.H., 2008 Mycokey v3.1

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 252 general literature references to ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters)

ASCOMYCOTA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)
Fungi sl.

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 18706 feeding and other relationships of ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters)

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