Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Chytridiomycota Chytridiomycetes Polychytriales Arkayaceae Arkaya lepida
AuthorityLongcore & D.R. Simmons



Motile Cell

Cell type: (ZO) zoospore

Component: Motile Cell

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Number of flagella one 1 Images
Electron-opaque plug in axoneme core and between axoneme and flagellar membrane present 1 Images
Flagellum coating absent 0 Images
Electron-opaque core in kinetosome present 1 Images
Scalloped ring within kinetosome, extensions of the A, B, or C microtubule absent 0 Images
Kinetosome support kinetosome props 1 Images
Kinetosome-associated plates absent 0  
Kinetosome-associated saddle absent 0  
Kinetosome-associated shield absent 0  
Kinetosome-associated spur absent 0  
Kinetosome-associated striated disc absent 0  
Primary microtubule root 2-5 laterally-oriented, parallel, stacked microtubules arising from side of kinetosome (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophydiales- Alphamyces, Aquamyces, Globomyces, Urceomyces, Gorgonomyces, Pateramyces, Protrudomyces, Rhizophydium, Terramyces, Coralloidiomyces) 1 Images
Primary microtubule root absolute configuration absent 0  
Striated rhizoplast between kinetosome and nucleus absent 0  
Non-flagellated centriole oblique to kinetosome 2 Images
Length of non-flagellated centriole (NfC) compared to length of kinetosome (K) NfC = K 1 Images
Kinetosome-non-flagellated centriole fibrillar bridge fibers parallel to NfC and K 2  
Non-flagellated centriole-associated veil absent 0  
Paracrystalline inclusion absent 0  
Ribosomal organization core area of aggregated ribosomes partially or completely enclosed by endoplasmic reticulum (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Chytridiales, Rhizophydiales, Cladochytriales, Lobulomycetales; incertae sedis: Polyphagus euglenae; Monoblepharidomycetes) 1 Images
Mitochondrion multiple 2 Images
Cisterna fenestrated 2 Images
Paraxonemal structure absent 0 Images
Water expulsion vacoule absent (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Chytridiales) 0  
Golgi apparatus morphology stacked cisternae (Chytridiomycota; Blastocladiomycota- Physoderma) 0 Images
Golgi apparatus location not associated with flagellar rootlet 2 Images
Relationship of microbodies to lipid(s) or nucleus microbody associated with a single lipid (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Chytridiales, Cladochytriales, Lobulomycetales, Rhizophydiales) 0 Images
Location of cisterna relative to lipid(s) adjacent to lipids (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Chytridiales, Rhizophydiales, Cladochytriales) 0 Images
Location of mitochondria outside ribosomal core 0 Images
Nuclear heel absent 0 Images
Nucleus location distal to kinetosome 0 Images
Posterior dome composed of peripheral granules and array of megatubules absent 0  
Sources
Character Quality Good
Study Complete Yes
Author Longcore JE, Simmons DR.
Date 2012
Source Mycologia 104: 276-294.
Herbarium U Maine
Herbarium Number JEL 093
Collector J.E. Longcore
Substrate Chitin

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