Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Chytridiomycota Chytridiomycetes Spizellomycetales Spizellomycetaceae Gaertneriomyces californicus
Authority(D.J.S. Barr) M.J. Powell & Letcher



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 absent 0 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 absent 0  
Kinetosome-associated saddle absent 0  
Kinetosome-associated shield absent 0  
Kinetosome-associated spur absent 0  
Kinetosome-associated striated disc absent 0  
Primary microtubule root microtubules in cone arising from a double bar at the anterior end of kinetosome (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Spizellomycetales- Gaertneriomyces) 7 Images
Primary microtubule root absolute configuration absent 0  
Striated rhizoplast between kinetosome and nucleus absent 0  
Non-flagellated centriole oblique to kinetosome 2 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 absent 0  
Paracrystalline inclusion absent 0  
Ribosomal organization scattered ribosomes (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Spizellomycetales; Rhizophlyctidales- Rhizophlyctis rosea, Sonoraphlyctis ranzonii; incertae sedis: Synchytrium macrosporum, Caulochytrium protostelioides) 0 Images
Mitochondrion multiple 2 Images
Cisterna absent 0 Images
Paraxonemal structure absent 0 Images
Water expulsion vacoule present (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Spizellomycetales; Monoblepharidomycetes) 1 Images
Golgi apparatus morphology stacked cisternae (Chytridiomycota; Blastocladiomycota- Physoderma) 0 Images
Golgi apparatus location not associated with flagellar rootlet 2 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) absent (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophydiales- Batrachochytrium; Polychytrium clade- Lacustromyces hiemalis) 3 Images
Location of mitochondria scattered in cytoplasm 2 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
Character Quality Good
Study Complete Yes
Author Powell MJ, Letcher PM, Chen S-F.
Date 2018
Source Nova Hedwigia. 107: 205-228.
Herbarium DAOMC
Herbarium Number BR 015
Collector D.J.S. Barr
Substrate Pollen

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