Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Chytridiomycota Chytridiomycetes Chytridiales Chytridiaceae Chytridium confervae
Authority(Wille) Minden



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 absent 0 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 present (Group I type zoospore [Barr 1980]) 1 Images
Kinetosome-associated saddle absent 0  
Kinetosome-associated shield absent 0  
Kinetosome-associated spur absent 0  
Kinetosome-associated striated disc absent 0  
Primary microtubule root approx. 6-7 laterally-oriented, parallel, bundled microtubules arising from side of kinetosome (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Chytridiales) 2 Images
Primary microtubule root absolute configuration 10 degrees right average (0-25 degrees) 2 Images
Striated rhizoplast between kinetosome and nucleus absent 0  
Non-flagellated centriole parallel to kinetosome 1 Images
Length of non-flagellated centriole (NfC) compared to length of kinetosome (K) NfC = K 1 Images
Kinetosome-non-flagellated centriole fibrillar bridge fibers perpendicular to NfC and K 1 Images
Non-flagellated centriole-associated veil present (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Chytridiales) 1 Images
Paracrystalline inclusion present (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Chytridiales, Polychytrium clade; ?Blastocladiomycota: Catenaria anguillulae) 1 Images
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 associated with flagellar rootlet(Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Chytridiales) 1 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 within ribosomal core 1 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
Study Complete Yes
Author Barr DJS, Hartmann VE.
Date 1976
Source Can J Bot 54: 2000-2013
Lit. Identifier Zoospore ultrastructure of three Chytridium species and Rhizoclosmatium globosum.

Septum / Pore Cap

Cell type: (RS) junction of rhizoid and sporangium

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 uniform pores not solely adjacent to hyphal wall 1 Images
Desmotubules in plasmodesmata absent 0 Images
Sources
Notes Septum thin with many plasmodesmata.
Character Quality Good
Fixation glutaraldehyde & postfixed in osmium, or simultaneous fixation
Study Complete Yes
Author Taylor, J.W. and Fuller, M.S.
Date 1980
Source Protoplasma 104: 201-221
Source of character Culture Univ.Georgia 78-150

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 UGA
Culture no. 89
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 UGA
Culture no. 89
Source of character Culture

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