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Shelby is a plant breeder who is trying to identify the cause of a disease among a group of trees. She observes that the organism reproduces through spores and has reproductive structures that are shaped like a sac. Which type of fungus is it?
Ascomycota
Basidiomycota
Chytridiomycota
Zygomycota

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Ascomycota

Reason: Ascomycetes produce sexual spores (ascospores) inside sac‑shaped structures called asci. Basidiomycota have club‑shaped basidia, chytrids have flagellated zoospores, and zygomycetes form zygosporangia.