Pezizomycetes
{{Short description|Class of fungi}}
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| image_caption = Aleuria aurantia
| taxon = Pezizomycetes
| authority = O.E.Eriksson & Winka (1997)
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Pezizomycetes are a class of fungi within the division Ascomycota.
Pezizomycetes are apothecial fungi, meaning that their spore-producing/releasing bodies (ascoma) are typically disk-like, bearing on their upper surfaces a layer of cylindrical spore-producing cells called asci, from which the spores are forcibly discharged.
Important groups include: cup fungi (Peziza), morels, Elfin saddles, and truffles.
References
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Category:Monotypic fungus classes
Category:Taxa described in 1997
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