Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Basidiomycota Agaricomycotina Agaricomycetes Russulales Hericiaceae Hericium coralloides
Authority(Scop. ex Fries) S.F. Gray



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 septal pore swelling 3 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) septal pore cap 1 Images
Non-membrane-bound, electron-dense bodies associated with septal pore(s) absent 0 Images
Septal pore occlusion thin non-membranous, non-continuous electron-dense material associated with septal swellings (Agaricomycotina) 2  
Woronin body type Woronin bodies absent 0 Images
Septal pore cap basic structure simple cap (cap with unelaborated abseptal surface) 2 Images
Detailed structure of elaborated septal pore cap elaborated cap absent 0 Images
Detailed structure of simple septal pore cap cap multiperforate, small pores 3 Images
Saccules of elaborated pore cap lined with external electron-dense layer absent 0  
Substructure of pore cap cap with three internal layers (central electron-dense layer between two less electron dense layers) 3 Images
Multiperforate septum multiperforate septum absent 0 Images
Desmotubules in plasmodesmata absent 0 Images
Sources
Notes Authors report perforated, electron-transparent pore occlusion in vegetative mycelium.
Character Quality Fair
Fixation glutaraldehyde and acrolein with osmium postfix
Study Complete No
Author Flegler, S.L, G.R. Hooper, and Fields, W.G.
Date 1976
Source Can. J. Bot. 54: 2243-2253
Source of character Mycelial culture and basidiocarps

Cell type: (BC) basidiocarp

Component: Basidium/basidiocarp

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Zone of exclusion in simple septum bordered by microbodies absent 0 Images
Primary septum within basidium primary septum within basidium absent 0  
Septal pore cap at primary septum within basidium absent 0 Images
Sources
Notes Authors report perforate pore occlusion in hymenial septum.
Character Quality Poor
Fixation glutaraldehyde and acrolein with osmium postfix
Study Complete No
Author Flegler, S.L, G.R. Hooper, and Fields, W.G.
Date 1976
Source Can. J. Bot. 54: 2243-2253
Source of character Mycelial culture and basidiocarps

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