Sporidial Reproduction in Sorosporium consanguineum: Wall Ontogeny
- 1 July 1978
- Vol. 70 (4) , 814-820
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3759360
Abstract
Wall ontogeny during sporidial budding in S. consanguineum [smut fungus parasitic on Aristida spp.] was studied. Primary buds developed through expansion of all layers of the mother-cell wall. Subsequent buds arose through expansion of wall material which originated beneath, and protruded through, the outer layers of the mother-cell wall. This material was interpreted as the mother-cell septum formed during the previous budding process. Successive budding resulted in the formation of annellations at th apex of the mother cell. Septation was initiated by centripetal invagination of the plasmalemma at the junction of the mother and bud cells in which a double septum was formed prior to abscission. The morphological observations are compared with those reported for other yeastlike fungi and yeasts [Saccharomyces cerevisiae, S. ludwigii, Pityrosporum ovale and Mucor rouxii].This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: