• DOI:10.1515/botm.1989.32.3.205
• Corpus ID: 84879817

Observations on Ascospore Morphology in Marine Fungi and Their Attachment to Surfaces

@inproceedings{Hyde1989ObservationsOA,
  title={Observations on Ascospore Morphology in Marine Fungi and Their Attachment to Surfaces},
  author={Kevin David Hyde and Evan B. Gareth Jones},
  year={1989}
}

• K. Hyde, E. Jones
• Published 1989
• Biology

The ascospore appendage morphology of thirty-one lignicolous marine fungi has been studied with particular reference to their mode of attachment to surfaces. Ten different spore appendage forms are recognized and are described and illustrated with scanning electron micrographs. They include: I. Release of a drop of mucilage from polar end chambers. II. Hamate or cap-like appendages which uncoil to form viscous threads. III. Spores with a sticky mucilaginous sheath. IV. Disc or pad-like attachment. V. Sticky vermiculate appendages surrounding the spore. VI. Ribbon-like appendages. VII. Tufts of fibrillar appendages. VIII. Irregular amorphous appendages (a) with or (b) without a fibrillar component. IX. Adhesive spore wall; and X. Other types or combinations of the above. The significance of spore attachment in the colonization of substrata by marine fungi is discussed.