Pezizomycetes

Taxobox
name = Pezizomycetes
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Ascomycota
subdivisio = Pezizomycotina
classis = Pezizomycetes
subdivision_ranks = Orders
subdivision =
Pezizales

"Pezizomycetes" are a class of fungi within the phylum Ascomycota.

Pezizomycetes are perithecial fungi, meaning that their spore producing/releasing bodies (ascoma) are flask-like, cupping around the spores for protection during maturation, and to act as a "launching pad" when the time is right to release spores.

References

*C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell, "Introductory Mycology, 4^th ed." (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN 0-471-52229-5