Neurospora , the red bread mold used in genetic research, is also a member of this division. See p. 318 in your text for a typical life cycle 4. Includes mushrooms, toadstools, puffballs, shelf fungi, rusts, bird's nest fungi and smuts 2. See p. 321 in your text for a typical life cycle D. Other fungi 1. Yeasts - unicellular fungi which may belong to the Zygomycota, Ascomycota or Basidiomycota.
Most species belong to the Ascomycota.
A few filamentous forms have been discovered. About 600 species. They are used for both baking and brewing 2. They rely totally on asexual reproduction via conidia. The majority of them are Ascomycota.