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Why is yeast placed in ascomycota?


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Ascomycota

  1. Yeast is placed in Ascomycota as they reproduce sexually forming an ascus.
  2. Ascomycota is a subphylum of the kingdom Fungi and together with Basidiomycota makes up the subkingdom Dikaryon.
  3. It is the largest phylum of fungi, with over 64,000 species.

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