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ASCOMYCETES

 

In the ascomycetes, the spores are produced, in a club-worm or balloon shaped cell, the sac or ascs,usually containing eight spores, in a hymenium's. the spores ripen in the ascus. when they are ripe, they projected from the cell with great force, like water from a water pistol. the pressure inside the ascus can raise to 30 atmospheres.

Some of the ascomycetes are

                                                                                          DISCOTIS VENOSA

                                                                                          ALEURIA AURANTIA

 

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