Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Basidiomycota Pucciniomycotina Microbotryomycetes Sporidiobolales Rhodosporidium toruloides
AuthorityBanno



Nuclear Division

Cell type: (MI) mitosis

Component: Nuc Div / SPB

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Centriole absent 0  
Basic organization of the spindle pole spindle pole body globular 4 Images
Spindle pole body form, interphase-prophase a subgloboid with flat internalized layer 6 Images
Spindle pole body form, metaphase-anaphase a subgloboid with flat internalized layer directly connected to spindle (Microbotryum) 9 Images
Spindle development site cytoplasm 1 Images
Metaphase nuclear envelope partially dispersed 3 Images
Telophase nuclear envelope retention of parts of a disrupted nuclear envelope around the chromatin 1 Images
Perinuclear endoplasmic reticulum absent 0  
Spindle pole body cap continuous with the nuclear envelope 1 Images
Interphase chromatin condensation absent 0  
Sources
Study Complete No
Author McCully, E.K. and Robinow, C.F.
Date 1972
Source J. Cell Sci. 11: 1-31
Other Sources Boekhout, T. and Linnemans, W.A.M. 1982. Stud. Mycol. 22: 23-38

Septum / Pore Cap

Cell type: (NN) dikaryotic mycelium

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) absent 0 Images
Membranous structures associated with septal pore(s) 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  
Pore cap enclosed by endoplasmic reticulum absent 0 Images
Multiperforate septum multiperforate septum absent 0 Images
Desmotubules in plasmodesmata absent 0 Images
Sources
Notes Nonmembrane-bound, electron dense bodies at the septal pore were observed once.
Character Quality Fair
Fixation permanganate
Study Complete No
Author Johnson-Reid, J.A. and Moore, R.T.
Date 1972
Source Ant. v. Leeuwenhoek 38: 417-435
Culture no. Ahearn/MY580
Source of character Culture

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