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Unusual teliospore germination in Ustilago triodiae and Sporisorium loudetiae-pedicellatae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1999

C. T. INGOLD
Affiliation:
12 Chiltern Close, Benson, Oxon OX10 6LG
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Abstract

The products of teliospore germination in Ustilago triodiae and Sporisorium loudetiae-pedicellatae are illustrated. In U. triodiae the transversely-septate basidium is usually three-spored. The sporidia (basidiospores) either bud or form surface hyphae from which branched systems of aerial sporidia arise. A similar haplophase occurs in some other species.

In S. loudetiae-pedicellatae the basidium is unicellular and produces up to four sporidia in succession. These give rise to colonies composed largely of similar cells. No conjugation was seen in either species.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
The British Mycological Society 1999

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