Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Zoopagomycota Kickxellomycotina Harpellales Harpellaceae Harpella melusinae
AuthorityLeger & Duboseq



Septum / Pore Cap

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 with lenticular cavity (bifurcate) 4 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) absent 0 Images
Non-membrane-bound, electron-dense bodies associated with septal pore(s) absent 0 Images
Septal pore occlusion thickened non-membranous plate (flattened disc, biumbonate, or irregular) 4 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 multiperforate septum absent 0 Images
Sources
Character Quality Good
Fixation acrolein and glutaraldehyde; postfixed in osmium
Study Complete Yes
Author Reichle, R.E. and Lichtwardt, R.W.
Date 1972
Source Arch. Mikrobiol. 81: 103-125
Other Sources Septal pore bifurcation little developed at base of zygospore; pore plug a flattened plate; Moss and Lichtwardt (1977) Can. J. Bot. 55: 3099-3110. Sporangiophore septum: Saikawa, M. (1989) Can. J. Bot. 67: 2484-2488
Collector R.W. Lichtwardt
Substrate On black-fly larvae
Source of character On host

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