Ascomycota—sexual spores borne internally in a sac called an ascus-- asexual spores are borne externally as conidia

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This phylum includes cup fungi, morels and most of the yeasts. Most crop plant pathogens belong in this phylum. When an asexual state is formed by these fungi they are usually externally borne spores called conidia.