Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Basidiomycota Agaricomycotina Agaricomycetes Russulales Auriscalpiaceae Clavicorona pyxidata



Nuclear Division

Cell type: (ME) meiosis

Component: Nuc Div / SPB

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Centriole absent 0  
Spindle pole body form, interphase-prophase a globoid 5 Images
Spindle pole body form, metaphase-anaphase a globoid that expands by more than 100% of its interphase-prophase size directly connected to spindle 7 Images
Metaphase nuclear envelope loose polar fenestrae, including extensions of nuclear envelope into the cytoplasm at the spindle pole, but mainly intact 2 Images
Telophase nuclear envelope retention of complete nuclear envelope around the chromatin with median constriction/fragmentation 0 Images
Perinuclear endoplasmic reticulum absent 0  
Central spindle present 1 Images
Metaphase plate absent 0 Images
Spindle pole body cap fragments of a discontinuous membrane that do not form a true cap 3 Images
Transient intranuclear element at late interphase-prophase present within nucleus opposite the extranuclear spindle pole body 1 Images
Sources
Fixation gluteraldehyde with osmium postfix
Study Complete no
Date 1989
Source Mycologia 81: 20-41

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