Structured Summary
Abstract
A phylum of fungi which have cross-walls or septa in the mycelium. The perfect state is characterized by the formation of a saclike cell (ascus) containing ascospores. Most pathogenic fungi with a known perfect state belong to this phylum.
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Classification
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Narrower headings
- Aureobasidium
- Bipolaris
- Ceratocystis
- Cercospora
- Curvularia
- Erysiphe
- Eurotiales
- Exophiala
- Fonsecaea
- Fungal Genus Venturia
- Hypocreales
- Leptosphaeria
- Magnaporthe
- Mycosphaerella
- Onygenales
- Ophiostomatales
- Parmeliaceae
- Phoma
- Phomopsis
- Phyllachorales
- Pneumocystis
- Pseudallescheria
- Pyricularia grisea
- Saccharomycetales
- Scedosporium
- Schizosaccharomyces
- Scopulariopsis
- Sordariales
- Xylariales
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Synonyms
6 entry terms
- Ascomycetes
- Ascomycete
- Ascomycotas
- Cochliobolus
- Sclerotinia
- Sclerotinias
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Aspects Covered
15 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; infection: coordinate with MYCOSES or specific mycosis
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History Note
1999(1975)
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NLM Classification
QW 180.5.A8
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Ascomycota. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001203. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001203
- Ascomycota. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascomycota
- Ascomycota. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174726