Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Blastocladiomycota Blastocladiomycetes Blastocladiales Blastocladiaceae Allomyces macrogynus
AuthorityEmerson & Wilson



Nuclear Division

Cell type: (ME) meiosis

Component: Nuc Div / SPB

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Centriole present 1 Images
Perinuclear endoplasmic reticulum absent 0  
Spindle vesicles absent 0  
Central spindle absent 0 Images
Metaphase plate present 1 Images
Spindle pole body cap absent 0 Images
Sources
Character Quality good
Fixation gluteraldehyde with osmium postfix
Study Complete no
Author Olson, L.W.
Date 1974
Source Compt. Rend. Trav. Lab. Carlsberg. 40(12): 113-124

Septum / Pore Cap

Cell type: (2N) diploid mycelium

Component: Hypha excluding ascogenous hypha/ascus

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Uniperforate septa absent, walled off pore, or apparently walled off pore 0 Images
Uniperforate septal pore margin uniperforate septal pore absent 0  
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) absent 0 Images
Non-membrane-bound, electron-dense bodies associated with septal pore(s) absent 0 Images
Septal pore occlusion absent 0 Images
Organelle trafficking organelle trafficking absent 0 Images
Woronin body type Woronin bodies absent 0 Images
Septal pore cap basic structure pore cap absent 0 Images
Detailed structure of elaborated septal pore cap elaborated cap absent 0 Images
Detailed structure of simple septal pore cap simple cap absent 0 Images
Saccules of elaborated pore cap lined with external electron-dense layer absent 0  
Substructure of pore cap absent 0  
Zone of organelle exclusion at pore absent 0 Images
Pore cap enclosed by endoplasmic reticulum absent 0 Images
Multiperforate septum simple pores in multiperforate septum with variable-sized, large pores adjacent to hyphal wall 2 Images
Desmotubules in plasmodesmata absent 0 Images
Sources
Notes Central pore with swelling becomes walled off; development of lateral pores byfive or more ingrowths.
Character Quality Good
Fixation glutaraldehyde; postfixed in osmium
Study Complete Yes
Author Meyer, R.J. and Fuller, M.S.
Date 1985
Source Amer. J. Bot. 72: 1458-1465
Collector R. Emerson
Source of character Culture Burma 3-35

Sterol data

Cell type: (XN) mycelium of unknown nuclear status

Component: Sterol pathway

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Cholesterol pathway present 1  
Sources
Fixation Gas-liquid chromatography
Study Complete Yes
Author Weete, J.D., Fuller, M.S., Huang, M.Q., and Gandhi, S.
Date 1989
Source Experimental Mycology 13:183-195
Lit. Identifier Maritza Abril, 9 September, 2008
Culture collection ATCC
Culture no. 38327
Source of character Culture

Cell type: (XN) mycelium of unknown nuclear status

Component: Sterol types

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Cholest-5-enol (Cholesterol) present 1  
Sources
Fixation Gas-liquid chromatography
Study Complete Yes
Author Weete, J.D., Fuller, M.S., Huang, M.Q., and Gandhi, S.
Date 1989
Source Experimental Mycology 13:183-195
Lit. Identifier Maritza Abril, 9 September, 2008
Culture collection ATCC
Culture no. 38327
Source of character Culture

Apical organization

Cell type: (MH) Mature hyphae

Component: Apical organization

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Spitzenkörper (SPK) present 1  
Vesicles concentrated in thin layer beneath apical plasma membrane and/or loosely organized throughout apical dome absent 0  
SPK function SPK nucleating microtubules 2  
SPK structure (light microscopy) central core present, phase-bright 2  
SPK detailed structure (electron microscopy) central core enriched with microvesicles 2  
Ribosome cluster distal to SPK or vesicle accumulation in apical dome absent or not observed 0  
Macrovesicles with uniformly dense lumen absent 0  
Microvesicles (25–45 nm diam.) with uniformly dense lumen present (smooth profile) 1  
Macrovesicles (90–250 nm diam.) with an electron dense core, and less dense periphery absent 0  
Microvesicles with an electron dense core, and less dense periphery (30-65 nm diam.) absent 0  
Filasomes (protein-coated microvesicles; 30–40 nm diam.) present and common 2  
Sub-apical cluster of putative lipid globules absent 0  
Sources
Character Quality Good
Fixation cryofixation/freeze substitution osmium and uranyl acetate, live cell light microscopy imaging
Study Complete Yes
Author Vargas, M., Aronson, J.M. and Roberson R.W.
Date 1993
Source Protoplasma 176:43-52
Culture collection ACTT
Culture no. 38327
Source of character Hyphae

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