Pezizomycetes | |
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Aleuria aurantia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Subdivision: | Pezizomycotina |
Class: |
Pezizomycetes O.E.Eriksson & Winka (1997) |
Orders | |
Pezizomycetes are a class of fungi within the division Ascomycota.
Pezizomycetes are apothecial fungi, meaning that their spore-producing/releasing bodies (ascoma) are typically disk-like, bearing on their upper surfaces a layer of cylindrical spore-producing cells called asci, from which the spores are forcibly discharged.