NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64, 000 species.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tuber sp. Of the fruiting bodies described in the TYPES OF FUNGI section, the cup (or disk) fungi and the flask fungi are ascomycetes; the truffle-like fungi include both ascomycetes and basidiomycetes. The links below will show you where the asci are found in the different types of fruiting bodies.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ascomycota, also called sac fungi, a phylum of fungi (kingdom Fungi) characterized by a saclike structure, the ascus, which contains four to eight ascospores in the sexual stage.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Dikarya: Ascomycota and Basidiomycota These two groups of fungi are referred to as the dikarya because some portion of their life cycle is dikaryotic. When two compatible mating types meet, they fuse together and begin the process of fertilization with plasmogamy (fusion of the cytoplasm).

Detailed explanation-5: -ascus, plural asci, a saclike structure produced by fungi of the phylum Ascomycota (sac fungi) in which sexually produced spores (ascospores), usually four or eight in number, are formed.