Open Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Fungi: Ascomycota
This category in other languages: - Information from Wikipedia on various fungi from the order Ophiostomatales which have a symbiotic relationship with the ambrosia beetle. - Photographs and information on various Ascochyta species which infect wheat, barley, oats, rye and many grasses. - Account of the Ascomycetes and their anamorphs, with many illustrations and several animations. - Notes on this varied group which produce microscopic spores inside special, elongated cells or sacs, known as "asci". - MicrobeWiki page describes the taxonomy, genome, cell structure and metabolism, and ecology of the sac fungi. Includes photos of representative species. - Information from Wikipedia on this phylum, including classification, biology and reproduction, with photographs. - Photograph of this yellow species. - Photographs and information on the fungus Cephalosporium gramineum which is known to affect wheat, barley, oats, rye and grasses. - Illustrated article by Tom Volk on this fungal pathogen, the cause of coccidioidomycosis. - Information from Wikipedia on this pathogenic fungus that can cause coccidioidomycosis or Valley Fever. - Photograph of this spiny species growing on a branch. - Provides a searchable facility for identifying ectomycorrhizal fungi, and details of the research being done at the University of Wisconsin into the chestnut blight caused by Cryphonectria parasitica. - Article by Tom Volk on desert truffles which are members of the genera Terfezia and Tirmania and are much esteemed as food in the semi-arid regions of Arabia and North Africa. - Illustrated article by Tom Volk on the different cup fungi from which a faery might choose to sip. - General information about the group, a referenced database listing the ascomycetes reported from freshwater, and a series of illustrated species profiles. - List of about 90 sac fungi and their anamorphs, with photographs of each. - Stip Helleman’s personal site with species descriptions and pictures of Helotiales, mainly Hyaloscyphaceae, and other ascomycetes and members of the family Cyphellaceae. - Provides a global information system for lichenized and non-lichenized ascomycetes. - Article on this species which can cause unsightly patches on damp walls in houses. - This article describes mycorrhizal associations, where the hyphae of a fungus wrap themselves around the roots of a host, in this case the American Chestnut. - Provides a key to this group of fungi. - Information from Wikipedia on this genus of plant pathogens. - Photograph of ray blight caused by this pathogen. - Tom Volk provides photographs and information on these causal agents of tar spot of maple. - Scanning electron microscope image of a conidium and spores. - Photographs and much information on these fungi whose truffle-like fruiting bodies are generally produced underground. - Project aiming to promote truffle research. Includes a tuber directory and a truffle image gallery. Hosted by the Department of Biochemistry and Molecolar Biology at the University of Parma, Italy.
