Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life

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Phylum Subphylum Class Subclass Order Family Genus Species Anamorph
Basidiomycota Agaricomycotina Agaricomycetes Polyporales Sparassidaceae Sparassis crispa
Authority(Wulfen) Fr.



Septum / Pore Cap

Cell type: (BC) basidiocarp

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
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  
Pore cap enclosed by endoplasmic reticulum absent 0 Images
Multiperforate septum multiperforate septum absent 0 Images
Sources
Notes Possible non-membranous pore occlusion seen in one picture; pore cap layering unclear.
Character Quality Fair
Fixation glutaraldehyde with osmium postfix
Study Complete No
Author Patrignani, G. and Pellegrini,S.
Date 1986
Source Caryologia 39: 239-250
Source of character Basidiocarp
Voucher Notes Collected by members of Mycological Society of Italy and Borgo Val di Taro.

Cell type: (BC) basidiocarp

Component: Basidium/basidiocarp

CharacteristicStateCodeImages
Septal pore cap enclosed by endoplasmic reticulum in basidiomycete sporocarp absent 0 Images
Sources
Character Quality Fair
Fixation glutaraldehyde with osmium postfix
Study Complete No
Author Patrignani, G. and Pellegrini,S.
Date 1986
Source Caryologia 39: 239-250
Source of character Basidiocarp
Voucher Notes Collected by members of Mycological Society of Italy and Borgo Val di Taro.

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