ascospore

(noun)

a sexually-produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus

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Examples of ascospore in the following topics:

  • 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.
    • The ascospores are then released, germinate, and form hyphae that are disseminated in the environment and start new mycelia .
    • The bright field light micrograph shows ascospores being released from asci in the fungus Talaromyces flavus var. flavus.