Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Ascomycota Pezizomycotina Pezizomycetes Pezizomycetidae Pezizales Helvellaceae Helvella sulcata
AuthorityFr.



Septum / Pore Cap

Helvella_sulcata_1360_ce1077150ddcd26055f7416d9a563597d782cdfd Septum in a nonascogenous hypha of Helvella sulcata.
Helvella_sulcata_1362_db8e8fccd579a23901dbb8f4dd163207c40105f6 Septum in an ascocarp of Helvella sulcata.

Cell type: (AC) ascocarp -- nonascogenous hyphae or ascospore

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) Woronin bodies 1 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 granular lamellate structure (Pezizales) 5 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 formaldehyde and glutaraldehyde or glutaraldehyde with osmium postfix
Study Complete No
Author Kimbrough, J.W. and Gibson, J.L.
Date 1989
Source Mycologia 81:914-920
Herbarium FLAS
Herbarium Number F54760
Collector J.L. Gibson
Collector date 1986-05-12
Source of character Sporocarp

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