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Ascomycotina

Sub-division: Ascomycotina:-  It includes 1 class - Class - Ascomycetes:-   > Most of the members are terrestrial, although a large number lives in fresh and marine waters. The majority of ascomycetes are saprophytic, some are parasites of insects and other animals, and some are responsible for causing destructive plant diseases. Some ascomycetes characteristically grow on dung and are popularly called coprophilous fungi (Peziza). > The members vary in their form and structure. Yeasts and other a few members (Eg. Taphrina) are unicellular, but almost all other members of this group have a well-developed, profusely branched, and septate mycelium with uni- or multinucleate cells and perforated septa. > In unicellular forms, the cell wall is composed of glucans and mannans, whereas in septate forms it consists of chitin and glucans. > Asexual reproduction takes place by various types of non-motile spores, such as oidia, chlamydospores, and conidia. In unicellular form...