Ascomycota Fungi Flora and Fauna Biology

MicrobeWiki page describes the taxonomy, genome, cell structure and metabolism, and ecology of the sac fungi. Includes photos of representative species.

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

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