The term macrofungi refers to the fungal lineages that make macroscopic fruiting bodies: Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. These groups are sister taxa and are commonly referred to as higher fungi, as the...The term macrofungi refers to the fungal lineages that make macroscopic fruiting bodies: Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. These groups are sister taxa and are commonly referred to as higher fungi, as they are more recently diverged in the fungal phylogeny. There are molds, yeasts, and other fungi contained within these groups (such as the rusts and smuts) that do not form macroscopic fruiting structures.
The term macrofungi refers to the fungal lineages that make macroscopic fruiting bodies: Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. These groups are sister taxa and are commonly referred to as higher fungi, as the...The term macrofungi refers to the fungal lineages that make macroscopic fruiting bodies: Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. These groups are sister taxa and are commonly referred to as higher fungi, as they are more recently diverged in the fungal phylogeny. There are molds, yeasts, and other fungi contained within these groups (such as the rusts and smuts) that do not form macroscopic fruiting structures.
