An anatomical structure that forms all or part of a fungus.
A spore-producing structure found in a Basidiomycete; formed when the terminal cell of a dikaryotic hyphal branch inflates and undergoes karyogamy and meiosis.
Any specialized structure which bears or contains sexually or asexually derived spores.
A structure within, or at the surface of, which an ascus develops in Ascomycetes.
A multicellular anatomical structure that functions in the production of spores, which are directly borne upon or within sporogenous cells that form part of the sporophore.
A group or mass of discrete hyphae; the vegetative structure of many fungi.
A large fruiting body that is composed of masses of intertwined hyphal elements and produces basidia and basidiospores. The basidiocarp is characteristic of the majority of fungi of the subphylum Basidiomycotina, in which it is the site of karyogamy and meiosis. Mushrooms and toadstools are common examples.
A sac-like structure containing sexual spores formed by Ascomycotina; mature asci may have little or no cytoplasm or cytoplasmic contents, and no nucleus outside of the spores.
A spore formed following meiosis. In some species, prospores formed by meiosis may undergo one or more rounds of mitosis before they are fully mature.
A fungal structure that comprises a single cell. An individual cell is composed of a plasma membrane, contents internal to the plasma membrane, and any external protective or encapsulating structure.
A spore produced by a fungus. A spore is a differentiated form of an organism produced during or as a result of an asexual or sexual reproductive process; usually a cell with a thick cell wall that stores and protects one or more nuclei. Spores may be produced in response to, and are characteristically resistant to, adverse environmental conditions.
A thick-walled spore formed externally on extrusions of a basidium following sexual reproduction; found in Basidiomycetes.
A diploid spore with a thick, pigmented, sculpted cell wall, and extracellular peptidoglycan spikes that is formed during growth in a plant host by some Basidiomycete species, including pathogenic smut (Ustilaginales) and rust (Pucciniales) fungi.
A spore formed following one or more rounds of mitosis, without meiosis.
An asexual, nonmotile spore formed by higher fungi. Conidia are usually made from the side or tip of specialized sporogenous cells and do not form by progressive cleavage of the cytoplasm.
A thin-walled spore that is formed in a uredinium and is the primary dispersal mode for rust-causing Basidiomycete fungi.
The larger of two types of asexual spores formed by some fungi; usually round or oblong.
An asexual spore formed by Oomycetes; formed upon fertilization of an oosphere.
A cylindrical spore formed by development and compartmentation of hyphae; the hyphae are often supporting blastoconidiophores.
An oblong or round asexual reproductive spore formed specifically by budding.
A specialized hypha, often aerial, that gives rise to asexual spores known as conidia.
A small hyphal branch or structure which supports a sporangium, a conidium, or a basidiospore. In species with biseriate (two-layered) sterigmata such as A. nidulans, the first layer comprises primary sterigmata (metulae) and the second layer secondary sterigmata (phialides). Some species, e.g. A. fumigatus, A. oryzae, and others, have only phialides.
A specialized cell that buds from a metula on a developing conidiophore. Multiple phialides may bud from each metula. The phialides in turn divide asymmetrically to give rise to chains of conidia.
A specialized cell borne on a conidiophore that gives rise to phialides during the process of conidiation.
A completely closed fruiting body formed by some fungi of the Ascomycota, containing asci.
A specialized multinucleate cell that originates from a nest-like aggregation of hyphae during sexual development. Hulle cells serve as nurse cells to the developing cleistothecium.
Note that "Hulle" is properly written with an umlaut on the "u".
The elongated part of the conidiophore that extends, often aerially, from the growth substrate and supports the structures that bear conidia.
A structure within which spores develop.
A long, branching filamentous structure formed by a vegetatively growing fungus.
An invasive mycelium that forms within a solid or semi-solid substrate such as wood, soil or agar.
A mycelium that forms prior to sporulation and extends aerially, or perpendicular, to its substrate.
A fungal structure that comprises more than one cell.
A multicellular fungal structure composed of two or more cells of a single multicellular organism.
multicellular structure, multicellular organism
multicellular fungal structure, multicellular organism