Sordariomycetes Essays

Sordaria fimicola is a microscopic fungal species that produces ordered tetrads. It is commonly used in classrooms because it lacks conidiospores, has a short generation time with matching genotype and phenotype, has known color genes that permit tetrad analysis, easily observable crossing over effects, and does not undergo spindle overlap. In S. fimicola, meiosis occurs in the ascus. The fungus is a haploid organism for the majority of its life. It only becomes diploid when mycelia of two unlike