Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Chytridiomycota Chytridiomycetes Rhizophydiales incertaesedis Rhizophlyctis harderi
AuthorityPowell & Koch



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 present 1 Images
Kinetosome-associated spur absent 0  
Kinetosome-associated striated disc absent 0  
Primary microtubule root 2-5 laterally-oriented, parallel, stacked microtubules arising from side of kinetosome (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophydiales- Alphamyces, Aquamyces, Globomyces, Urceomyces, Gorgonomyces, Pateramyces, Protrudomyces, Rhizophydium, Terramyces, Coralloidiomyces) 1 Images
Striated rhizoplast between kinetosome and nucleus absent 0  
Non-flagellated centriole parallel to kinetosome 1 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 core area of aggregated ribosomes partially or completely enclosed by endoplasmic reticulum (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Chytridiales, Rhizophydiales, Cladochytriales, Lobulomycetales; incertae sedis: Polyphagus euglenae; Monoblepharidomycetes) 1 Images
Mitochondrion multiple 2 Images
Cisterna fenestrated 2 Images
Paraxonemal structure absent 0 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) adjacent to lipids (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Chytridiales, Rhizophydiales, Cladochytriales) 0 Images
Location of mitochondria within ribosomal core 1 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
Notes
Study Complete Yes
Author Powell MJ, Roychoudhury S.
Date 1992.
Source Can J Bot 70: 750-761.
Lit. Identifier Ultrastructural organization of Rhizophlyctis harderi zoospores and redefinition of the type I microbody-lipid globule complex.
Other Sources Roychoudhury S, Powell MJ. 1992. Precise flagellar configuration of the Rhizophlyctis harderi zoospore Can J Bot 70: 762-771.

Septum / Pore Cap

Rhizophlyctis_harderi_1344_0c4ee5e3e781b2ebab675901cb4e70c478dd4975 Septum in a junction of rhizoidal system and sporangium of Rhizophlyctis harderi.
Rhizophlyctis_harderi_1345_a1ad2a4792b49345b210bdbedf84fc05087dde4a Septum at the base of the sporangium of Rhizophylctis hardari.

Cell type: (RS) junction of rhizoid and sporangium

Component: Hypha excluding ascogenous hypha/ascus

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Uniperforate septa absent, walled off pore, or apparently walled off pore 0 Images
Uniperforate septal pore margin uniperforate septal pore absent 0  
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 absent 0 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 thickened septum with central pore closed by plasmodesmata 4 Images
Desmotubules in plasmodesmata absent 0 Images
Sources
Notes Septum thickened with central pore at first, then perforate cap with few pores formed; plasmodesmata (?) or simple pores.
Character Quality Good
Fixation glutaraldehyde; postfixed in osmium
Study Complete Yes
Author Powell, M.J., and Gillette, L.
Date 1987
Source Mycologia 79: 635-639
Culture collection ATCC
Culture no. 24053
Source of character Culture

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