Lab #3: The Kingdom Fungi
Lab #3: The Kingdom Fungi
Lab #3: The Kingdom Fungi
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Ascomycota:<br />
Ascomycota:<br />
Sexual Reproduction<br />
By meiosis, 4 or 8 haploid (nn) ( ) ascospores are<br />
produced within an ascus. ascus.<br />
In Peziza, Peziza,<br />
these asci are found in an open cup-<br />
shaped ascocarp or apothecium.<br />
apothecium<br />
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/graphics/bio106/peziza.jpg<br />
•In sexual reproduction, a<br />
cup-like “fruiting” structure<br />
is formed called an<br />
ascocarp (carpo = fruit).<br />
•This contains a number of<br />
asci (ascus), each of which<br />
contains eight<br />
ascospores.<br />
•<strong>The</strong> ascospores are<br />
always lined up in the<br />
order in which they did<br />
meiosis.
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