Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Basidiomycota Agaricomycotina Agaricomycetes Agaricomycetidae Agaricales Agaricaceae Agaricus bisporus
Authority(J.E. Lange) Pilat



Nuclear Division

Cell type: (ME) meiosis

Component: Nuc Div / SPB

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Centriole absent 0  
Sources
Date 1976
Source Zeitschr. f. Pilzkunde 42: 57-66
Other Sources Gull, K. and Newsam, R.J. 1975. Protoplasma 83: 247-257

Septum / Pore Cap

Cell type: (MN) multinucleate

Component: Hypha excluding ascogenous hypha/ascus

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Uniperforate septa a single central pore 1 Images
Uniperforate septal pore margin septal pore swelling 3 Images
Protruding non-membrane-bound bodies associated with septal pore(s) absent 0 Images
Membrane-bound bodies associated with septal pore(s) absent 0 Images
Membranous structures associated with septal pore(s) septal pore cap 1 Images
Non-membrane-bound, electron-dense bodies associated with septal pore(s) absent 0 Images
Woronin body type Woronin bodies absent 0 Images
Septal pore cap basic structure simple cap (cap with unelaborated abseptal surface) 2 Images
Detailed structure of elaborated septal pore cap elaborated cap absent 0 Images
Detailed structure of simple septal pore cap cap multiperforate, small pores 3 Images
Saccules of elaborated pore cap lined with external electron-dense layer absent 0  
Substructure of pore cap cap with three internal layers (central electron-dense layer between two less electron dense layers) 3 Images
Zone of organelle exclusion at pore present 1 Images
Pore cap enclosed by endoplasmic reticulum present, not continuous with pore cap 1 Images
Multiperforate septum multiperforate septum absent 0 Images
Sources
Notes Membranous plate within pore is reported but not completely clear; pore canal bordered by deeply staining outer borders. Only basidia are illustrated; five figures.
Character Quality Good
Fixation 2% potassium permanganate with glutaraldehyde and osmium postfix
Study Complete Yes
Author Thielke, C.
Date 1972
Source Arch. Mikrobiol. 82: 31-37
Source of character Culture

Cell type: (BC) basidiocarp

Component: Basidium/basidiocarp

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Zone of exclusion outside septal pore cap in basidiomycete sporocarp zone of exclusion outside (abseptal) pore cap present 1 Images
Septal pore cap enclosed by endoplasmic reticulum in basidiomycete sporocarp absent 0 Images
Zone of exclusion in simple septum bordered by microbodies absent 0 Images
Sources
Character Quality Good
Fixation 2% potassium permangnate with glutaraldehyde and osmium postfix
Study Complete Yes
Author Thielke, C.
Date 1972
Source Arch. Mikrobiol. 82: 31-37
Source of character Culture

Sterol data

Cell type: (BC) basidiocarp

Component: Sterol pathway

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Ergosterol pathway present 1  
Sources
Fixation Thin-layer chromatography and gas-liquid chromatography
Study Complete Yes
Author Holtz, R.B., and Schisler, L.C.
Date 1972
Source Lipids 7:251-255
Lit. Identifier Maritza Abril, 26 March, 2009
Culture collection The Pennsylvania State University
Culture no. 310, 314, 320, and 322
Source of character Sporophores

Cell type: (BC) basidiocarp

Component: Sterol types

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Ergosta-5,7,22-trienol (Ergosterol) present 1  
Sources
Fixation Thin-layer chromatography and gas-liquid chromatography
Study Complete Yes
Author Holtz, R.B., and Schisler, L.C.
Date 1972
Source Lipids 7:251-255
Lit. Identifier Maritza Abril, 26 March, 2009
Culture collection The Pennsylvania State University
Culture no. 310, 314, 320, and 322
Source of character Sporophores

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