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Ascomycota

Medical Definition:	A phylum of fungi which have cross-walls or septa in the mycelium. The perfect state is characterized by the formation of a saclike cell (ascus) containing ascospores. Most pathogenic fungi with a known perfect state belong to this phylum.
Guide Notes:	GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; infection coord IM with MYCOSES (IM) or specific mycosis (IM)
Also Called:	Cochliobolus,Sclerotinia

Ascomycota Categories.

	Eurotiales - An order of fungi in the phylum ASCOMYCOTA characterized by the presence of well defined peridia and cleistothecial asci. Notable anamorphs (mitosporic forms) of Eurotiales include PENICILLIUM and ASPERGILLUS.
	Hypocreales - An order of fungi in the phylum ASCOMYCOTA that includes a number of species which are parasitic on higher plants, insects, or fungi. Other species are saprotrophic.
	Onygenales - An order of fungi in the phylum ASCOMYCOTA containing many medically important species. There are four families and mitosporic (anamorphic) forms are prominent.
	Phyllachorales - An order of fungi in the phylum ASCOMYCOTA characterized by stromatic perithecial forms in most species. Notable genera are Magnaporthe and Glomerella, the latter having the anamorph (mitosporic form) COLLETOTRICHUM.
	Pneumocystis - A genus of ascomycetous FUNGI, family Pneumocystidaceae, order Pneumocystidales. It includes various host-specific species causing PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA in humans and other MAMMALS.
	Pseudallescheria - Ascomycetous fungi, family Microascaceae, order Microascales, commonly found in the soil. They are causative agents of mycetoma, maduromycosis, and other infections in humans.
	Saccharomycetales - An order of fungi in the phylum Ascomycota that multiply by budding. They include the telomorphic ascomycetous yeasts which are found in a very wide range of habitats.
	Schizosaccharomyces - A genus of ascomycetous fungi of the family Schizosaccharomycetaceae, order Schizosaccharomycetales.
	Sordariales - An order of fungi in the phylum ASCOMYCOTA that includes many valuable experimental organisms. There are eight families and very few anamorphic forms.
	Sphaeriales - An order of ascomycetous fungi which includes many economically important plant parasites as well as saprophytes.

Ascomycota Medical Definitions and Terms

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