These are fungi imperfecti which belong to artificial class of fungi. The presence of sexual stage of reproduction is controversial. There are more than 15000 species of imperfect fungi. They are septate and are unicellular. They resemble to yeast with respect to its cellular structure. ...

Mushroom is also known as agaricus campestris. It is of edible type. It is Saprotrophic and occurs in moist soils, grasslands etc. Mycelium multiplies by fragmentation. Basically, two types of mycelia are formed in life cycle of mushroom. They are primary and secondary respectively. Primary ...

These are known as club fungi and have a small base. These are the most common type of fungi. They have saprobic mode of nutrition. They can decompose cellulose and lignin so they are good decomposers of wood also. The hyphae are formed in the ...

Explain aspergillum, penicillin, nuerospora, erysiphae, cup fungi, ergot, morels and truffles of ascomycetes group of fungi? Aspergillum affects food stuff and laboratory culture. It is basically a green mould. Aspergillum also causes lung, ear infection. It also causes fermentation by releasing alcohol, citric acid, enzymes, proteins ...

They play an important role in brewing and baking industry. They form alcoholic beverages under anaerobic conditions. S. cerevisiae plays an important role in brewing industry. This species also play an important role in baking industry by forming carbon dioxide and alcohol. They are also ...

Yeasts are without mycelium ascomycetes. In this asci are not organized in ascocarps. They reproduce asexually by budding, fission and combination of both. They are classified according to these criteria. They are also classified as true and false yeasts. True yeasts are those in which ...

Ascomycetes are also known as sac fungi. It includes pigment containing moulds, yeasts, morels etc. They are saprobic and act as a decomposer. Hyphae are septate except in yeast where they are unicellular. The septa give rise to central pores known as septal pores. They ...

Asexual reproduction occurs by sporangiospores, chlamydospores and oidia. These all are mitospores. Sporangiospores are developed under favorable conditions. Around 2 to 5 sporangiophores develop from holdfast. The tip of spoarangiophore forms sporangium. It is separated from rest of structures by columella. Sporangiums give rise to ...