Ultrastructure of the dormant and germinating sporangiospore of Phascolomyces articulosus (Mucorales)
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Using results obtained with light and scanning electron microscopy of critical-point-dried material and transmission electron microscopy of carbon replicas and freeze-fracture and ultra-thin sections, the structure and germination of the sporangiospore of Phascolomyces articulosus Boedijn is described. The sporangial wall is trilaminate and the ornamented spore wall is two layered. During germination, a new wall layer develops between the plasmalemma and the original spore wall. Sporangial structure is related to that of other members of the Thamnidiaceae and the use of germinating spores of P. articulosus for infection studies of the mycoparasite Piptocephalis unispora is indicated.
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