Phylum Ascomycota: Class Saccharomycetes and Ascomycetes | Fungi | Biology
The phylum Ascomycota is divided into 6 classes, 18 sub-classes and 55 orders. The classes are based on the development of the ascomata, the structure of asci and the discharge of ascospores. The 6 classes are; Ascomycetes, Neolectomycetes, Pneumocystidomycetes, Saccharomycetes, Schizosaccharomycetes and Taphrinomycetes. We shall study only 2 classes - Saccharomycetes (which contains the genus Saccharomyces) and Ascomycetes (which contains [...]