Ascomycota

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The source of penicillin

Zombie-ant fungus

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

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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Statue of Nostradamus

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Ascomycota: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	sac fungus

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The source of penicillin

Zombie-ant fungus

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

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Taphrinomycotina Saccharomycotina Pezizomycotina Sordariomycetes Eurotiomycetes Laboulbeniales Neolectomycetes Saccharomycetes Schizosaccharomycetes Pneumocystidomycetes Basidiomycota microsporidian Chytridiomycota mushroom slime mold portobello mushroom psilocybin mushroom king oyster mushroom yeast mycosis