general or unspecified; prefer specifics; infection: coordinate with MYCOSES or specific mycosis
Scope Note
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.
Entry Term(s)
Ascomycetes
Cochliobolus
Sclerotinia
NLM Classification #
QW 180.5.A8
Public MeSH Note
1999; see ASCOMYCETES 1963-1998; for COCHLIOBOLUS & SCLEROTINA see ASCOMYCETES 1975-1985
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.
