Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Basidiomycota Agaricomycotina Agaricomycetes Auriculariales Basidiodendron cinereum
Authority(Bres.) Luck-Allen



Septum / Pore Cap

Basidiodendron_cinereum_1300_968ce030dff4b56adac3c73bc1a8f591699fb7e9 Septum in a mycelium of unknown nuclear status of Basidiodendron cinereum.

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 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
Septal pore occlusion thin non-membranous, non-continuous electron-dense material associated with septal swellings (Agaricomycotina) 2  
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 imperforate or uniperforate, curved 2 Images
Saccules of elaborated pore cap lined with external electron-dense layer absent 0  
Substructure of pore cap cap with uniform electron-dense contents 2 Images
Zone of organelle exclusion at pore absent 0 Images
Pore cap enclosed by endoplasmic reticulum present, not continuous with pore cap 1 Images
Multiperforate septum multiperforate septum absent 0 Images
Desmotubules in plasmodesmata absent 0 Images
Sources
Notes Septal pore occlusion not clear, only hint of it present; one figure.
Character Quality Good
Fixation 1% glutaraldehyde w/ 1% osmium post-fix & 0.5% uranyl acetate prestain
Study Complete No
Author Wells, K.
Date 1994
Source Mycologia 86: 18-48
Other Sources Bandoni, R.J. and Wells, K. Trans. Mycol. Soc. Japan 25: 489-530
Source of character Somatic hyphae

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