Ascomycetes
Members of this diverge group are common to many marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats. The cup-shaped ascocarp of the ascomycete shown here gives this species its common name: orange peel fungus. This phyla contains over 65,000 species. Commonly called sac fungi or cup fungi for the cup-shaped fruiting bodies of many ascomycetes, this group includes many of the delicious, edible fungi. Most multicellular ascomycetes reproduce asexually by forming asexual spres called conidia.