Ascomycota: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	sac fungus

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The source of penicillin

Zombie-ant fungus

Close-up of a rye cereal grass ear with dark purple, curved ergot fungus (Claviceps purpurea) growing among the seeds.

(Top) Xylaria hypoxlon; (bottom) earth tongue (Geoglossum fallax)

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