Ambrosia Fungi - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia_fungi
Information from Wikipedia on various fungi from the order Ophiostomatales which have a symbiotic relationship with the ambrosia beetle.
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Ascochyta Leaf Spot - http://www.hgca.com/hgca/wde/diseases/Ascochyta/Ascohost.html
Photographs and information on various Ascochyta species which infect wheat, barley, oats, rye and many grasses.
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Ascomycetes - http://www.countrysideinfo.co.uk/fungi/typeasco.htm
Notes on this varied group which produce microscopic spores inside special, elongated cells or sacs, known as "asci".
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Ascomycetes - http://www.mycolog.com/CHAP4a.htm
Account of the Ascomycetes and their anamorphs, with many illustrations and several animations.
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Ascomycota - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascomycota
Information from Wikipedia on this phylum, including classification, biology and reproduction, with photographs.
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Ascomycota - http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/mediawiki-1.6.6/index.php/Ascomycota
MicrobeWiki page describes the taxonomy, genome, cell structure and metabolism, and ecology of the sac fungi. Includes photos of representative species.
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Bactridium flavum - http://americanmushrooms.com/taxa/Bactridium_flavum_01_Paula_DeSanto.htm
Photograph of this yellow species.
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Cephalosporium Leaf Stripe - http://www.hgca.com/hgca/wde/diseases/Cephal/Cephhost.html
Photographs and information on the fungus Cephalosporium gramineum which is known to affect wheat, barley, oats, rye and grasses.
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Coccidioides immitis - http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/jan2002.html
Illustrated article by Tom Volk on this fungal pathogen, the cause of coccidioidomycosis.
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Coccidioides immitis - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccidioides
Information from Wikipedia on this pathogenic fungus that can cause coccidioidomycosis or Valley Fever.
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Corniculariella spina - http://americanmushrooms.com/taxa/Corniculariella_spina_01_Paula_DeSanto.htm
Photograph of this spiny species growing on a branch.
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Database of Chestnut Mycorrhizae - http://chestnutfungi.com/
Provides a searchable facility for identifying ectomycorrhizal fungi, and details of the research being done at the University of Wisconsin into the chestnut blight caused by Cryphonectria parasitica.
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Delicacies in the Sand or Manna from Heaven? - http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/jan2007.html
Article by Tom Volk on desert truffles which are members of the genera Terfezia and Tirmania and are much esteemed as food in the semi-arid regions of Arabia and North Africa.
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Faery Cups - http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/jun2005.html
Illustrated article by Tom Volk on the different cup fungi from which a faery might choose to sip.
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Freshwater Ascomycetes and Their Anamorphs - http://www.life.uiuc.edu/fungi/
General information about the group, a referenced database listing the ascomycetes reported from freshwater, and a series of illustrated species profiles.
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Index to Ascomycota - http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/sacindex1.htm
List of about 90 sac fungi and their anamorphs, with photographs of each.
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Inoperculate Discomycetes of the Netherlands - http://www.helotiales.nl
Stip Helleman’s personal site with species descriptions and pictures of Helotiales, mainly Hyaloscyphaceae, and other ascomycetes and members of the family Cyphellaceae.
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LIAS - http://www.lias.net/
Provides a global information system for lichenized and non-lichenized ascomycetes.
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Moulds in the Home: Cladosporium cladosporioides - http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/MISCELLANEOUS/aug01.htm
Article on this species which can cause unsightly patches on damp walls in houses.
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Mycorrhizae and the American Chestnut: An Underground Tale of Mystery - http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2007/3/1/Mycorrhizae-and-the-American-Chestnut-An-Underground-Tale-of-Mystery
This article describes mycorrhizal associations, where the hyphae of a fungus wrap themselves around the roots of a host, in this case the American Chestnut.
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Pezizales in the Pacific Northwest - http://www.svims.ca/council/Peziza.htm
Provides a key to this group of fungi.
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Phoma - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoma
Information from Wikipedia on this genus of plant pathogens.
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Phoma ligulicola - http://www.apsnet.org/online/Archive/2003/IW000029.asp
Photograph of ray blight caused by this pathogen.
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Rhytisma acerinum and Rhytisma punctatum - http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/oct2007.html
Tom Volk provides photographs and information on these causal agents of tar spot of maple.
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Stachybotrys chartarum - http://www.apsnet.org/online/Archive/1999/stachy.htm
Scanning electron microscope image of a conidium and spores.
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Truffle-like Fungi in Australia - http://www.anbg.gov.au/fungi/truffle-like.html
Photographs and much information on these fungi whose truffle-like fruiting bodies are generally produced underground.
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Truffle.org - http://www.truffle.org/
Project aiming to promote truffle research. Includes a tuber directory and a truffle image gallery. Hosted by the Department of Biochemistry and Molecolar Biology at the University of Parma, Italy.
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