Examples of ascus in the following topics:
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Ascomycota: The Sac Fungi
- Most fungi belong to the Phylum Ascomycota, which uniquely forms of an ascus, a sac-like structure that contains haploid ascospores.
- The majority of known fungi belong to the Phylum Ascomycota, which is characterized by the formation of an ascus (plural, asci), a sac-like structure that contains haploid ascospores.
- In each ascus, two or more haploid ascospores fuse their nuclei in karyogamy.