Ascomycota
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Ascomycota is a large and diverse phylum of fungi characterized by producing spores in sac-like structures called asci, and includes yeasts, molds, and many plant pathogens.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ascomycota canonical | 106 |
| Dothideomycetes | 1 |
| Outline of Ascomycota | 1 |
| Pezizomycotina | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T184060 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ascomycota Context triple: [Ophiostoma ulmi, phylum, Ascomycota]
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A.
Sordariomycetes
Sordariomycetes is a large class of sac fungi (Ascomycota) that includes many plant pathogens, endophytes, and decomposers characterized by flask-shaped fruiting bodies.
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B.
Marchantiophyta
Marchantiophyta is a division of non-vascular plants commonly known as liverworts, characterized by simple, often thalloid bodies that typically inhabit moist, shaded environments.
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C.
Anthocerotophyta
Anthocerotophyta is a division of non-vascular plants commonly known as hornworts, characterized by their horn-like sporophytes and simple thalloid gametophytes.
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D.
Ophiostoma
Ophiostoma is a genus of fungi best known for containing species that cause Dutch elm disease in elm trees.
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E.
Bryophyta
Bryophyta is a subkingdom of non-vascular, spore-producing plants that includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, typically found in moist environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ascomycota Target entity description: Ascomycota is a large and diverse phylum of fungi characterized by producing spores in sac-like structures called asci, and includes yeasts, molds, and many plant pathogens.
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A.
Sordariomycetes
Sordariomycetes is a large class of sac fungi (Ascomycota) that includes many plant pathogens, endophytes, and decomposers characterized by flask-shaped fruiting bodies.
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B.
Marchantiophyta
Marchantiophyta is a division of non-vascular plants commonly known as liverworts, characterized by simple, often thalloid bodies that typically inhabit moist, shaded environments.
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C.
Anthocerotophyta
Anthocerotophyta is a division of non-vascular plants commonly known as hornworts, characterized by their horn-like sporophytes and simple thalloid gametophytes.
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D.
Ophiostoma
Ophiostoma is a genus of fungi best known for containing species that cause Dutch elm disease in elm trees.
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E.
Bryophyta
Bryophyta is a subkingdom of non-vascular, spore-producing plants that includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, typically found in moist environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fungal phylum
ⓘ
taxonomic group ⓘ |
| cellType | eukaryotic ⓘ |
| cellWallComponent | chitin ⓘ |
| characterizedBy | production of spores in asci ⓘ |
| commonName | sac fungi ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Basidiomycota by ascus-based spore production ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
antibiotic production
ⓘ
biotechnology ⓘ food production ⓘ plant disease ⓘ |
| estimatedSpeciesCount | over 60,000 described species ⓘ |
| formsSymbiosisWith |
algae in lichens
ⓘ
cyanobacteria in lichens ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater environments
ⓘ
marine environments ⓘ terrestrial environments ⓘ |
| hasPluralForm | asci ⓘ |
| hasStructure | ascus ⓘ |
| includes |
cup fungi
ⓘ
many animal pathogens ⓘ many plant pathogens ⓘ molds ⓘ morels ⓘ truffles ⓘ yeasts ⓘ |
| includesEcologicalRole |
endophytes
ⓘ
lichens ⓘ pathogens ⓘ saprotrophs ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Aspergillus fumigatus
ⓘ
Candida albicans ⓘ Claviceps purpurea ⓘ Magnaporthe oryzae ⓘ Morchella esculenta ⓘ Neurospora crassa ⓘ Penicillium chrysogenum ⓘ Saccharomyces cerevisiae ⓘ Tuber melanosporum ⓘ Venturia inaequalis ⓘ |
| isLargestFungalPhylum | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Fungi ⓘ |
| nutritionType | heterotrophic ⓘ |
| produces |
ascospores
ⓘ
conidia ⓘ |
| reproductionType |
asexual reproduction via conidia
ⓘ
sexual reproduction via ascospores ⓘ |
| sisterGroup | Basidiomycota ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Dikarya ⓘ |
| taxonRank | phylum ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ascomycota Description of subject: Ascomycota is a large and diverse phylum of fungi characterized by producing spores in sac-like structures called asci, and includes yeasts, molds, and many plant pathogens.
Referenced by (109)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dothideomycetes