Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Basidiomycota Pucciniomycotina Atractiellomycetes Atractiellales Phleogenaceae Atractiella solani
Authority(Coen & Schroet.) Oberw. & Bandoni



Septum / Pore Cap

Cell type: (XN) mycelium of unknown nuclear status

Component: Hypha excluding ascogenous hypha/ascus

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Uniperforate septa a single central pore 1 Images
Uniperforate septal pore margin unelaborated margin 1 Images
Protruding non-membrane-bound bodies associated with septal pore(s) absent 0 Images
Membrane-bound bodies associated with septal pore(s) atractosomes 3  
Membranous structures associated with septal pore(s) absent 0 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 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  
Pore cap enclosed by endoplasmic reticulum absent 0 Images
Multiperforate septum multiperforate septum absent 0 Images
Desmotubules in plasmodesmata absent 0 Images
Sources
Notes Microbodies are called atractosomes in Weiss et al., 2004; they have an electron-dense layer at the margin but its exact location, withiin or outside the orgsanelle, is unclear.
Character Quality Good
Fixation glutaraldehyde; postfixed in osmium
Study Complete No
Author Oberwinkler, F. and Bauer, R.
Date 1989
Source Sydowia 41: 224-256
Other Sources For atractosomes see Weiss, M. et al., 2004, pp. 7-48, in Agerer, R. et al., eds., Frontiers in Basidiomycete Mycology
Substrate Soil
Source of character Culture
Voucher Notes Isolated by R. Watling, St. Kilda, Scotland, Sept 1967

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