Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Basidiomycota Pucciniomycotina Pucciniomycetes Platygloeales Eocronartiaceae Eocronartium muscicola
Authority(Fr.) Fitz.



Nuclear Division

Cell type: (ME) meiosis

Component: Nuc Div / SPB

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Centriole absent 0  
Basic organization of the spindle pole spindle pole body a plaque or disc 3 Images
Metaphase nuclear envelope intact with small polar fenestrae plugged by the spindle pole bodies 1 Images
Perinuclear endoplasmic reticulum present 1 Images
Central spindle present 1 Images
Metaphase plate absent 0 Images
Spindle pole body cap distinct from nuclear envelope 2 Images
Interphase chromatin condensation present 1 Images
Transient intranuclear element at late interphase-prophase present within nucleus opposite the extranuclear spindle pole body 1 Images
Sources
Character Quality Good
Fixation gluteraldehyte with postosmium fix
Study Complete No
Author Boehm, E.W.A. and McLaughlin, D.J.
Date 1989
Source Mycologia 81: 98-114
Other Sources Frieders, E.M., Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota, 1997

Septum / Pore Cap

Cell type: (BC) basidiocarp

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) microbodies 2 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 pulley wheel-shaped occlusion (Pucciniales type) 1 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 present 1 Images
Pore cap enclosed by endoplasmic reticulum absent 0 Images
Multiperforate septum multiperforate septum absent 0 Images
Desmotubules in plasmodesmata absent 0 Images
Sources
Notes Septum wall is thin around pore.
Character Quality Good
Fixation glutaraldehyde; postfixed in osmium
Study Complete Yes
Author Boehm, E.W.A., and McLaughlin, D.J.
Date 1989
Source Mycologia 81: 98-114
Herbarium MIN
Collector D.J. McLaughlin; E.W.A. Boehm
Collector no. DJM 333, DJM 334, DJM 339, DJM 340; EWB 45, EWB 46
Substrate On Haplocladium microphyllum, Pylasiella polyantha, Climacium dendroides
Source of character Sporocarp

Cell type: (BC) basidiocarp

Component: Basidium/basidiocarp

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Zone of exclusion outside septal pore cap in basidiomycete sporocarp absent 0 Images
Septal pore cap enclosed by endoplasmic reticulum in basidiomycete sporocarp absent 0 Images
Zone of exclusion in simple septum bordered by microbodies present 1 Images
Septal pore cap at primary septum within basidium absent 0 Images
Sources
Notes Septum wall is thin around pore.
Character Quality Good
Fixation glutaraldehyde; postfixed in osmium
Study Complete Yes
Author Boehm, E.W.A., and McLaughlin, D.J.
Date 1989
Source Mycologia 81: 98-114
Herbarium MIN
Collector D.J. McLaughlin; E.W.A. Boehm
Collector no. DJM 333, DJM 334, DJM 339, DJM 340; EWB 45, EWB 46
Substrate On Haplocladium microphyllum, Pylasiella polyantha, Climacium dendroides
Source of character Sporocarp

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