Survey of the botanical Phyla
Ascomycota ![[audio pronunciation]](../sounds/speaker.gif)
General features of the Fungi
Common name
Sac fungi
Synonyms
None
Habitat
Terrestrial or within host organism; rarely freshwater or marine
Growth habit
Multicellular mycelium of septate hyphae, or unicellular
Undulipodia (“flagella”)
None
Clonal reproduction
conidia
Sexual reproduction
Haploid-dominant, often characterized as oogamous
Representative genera
Anthracobia, Aspergillus, Erisyphe, Penicillium, Peziza, Saccharomyces, Sordaria, Taphrina, Uncinula
Recognized by
Asci, open pores in septa