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Absidia Psychrophilia
''Absidia'' is a genus of zygote fungi in the family Cunninghamellaceae. ''Absidia'' species are ubiquitous in most environments where they are often associated with warm decaying plant matter, such as compost heaps. Some species in the genus can cause phycomycosis. Taxonomy The genus was first described in 1878 by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem. Species The genus includes the following species: * ''Absidia aegyptiaca'' * '' Absidia anomala'' * ''Absidia atrospora'' * ''Absidia caerulea'' * ''Absidia californica'' * ''Absidia clavata'' * ''Absidia cuneospora'' * ''Absidia cylindrospora'' * ''Absidia dubia'' * ''Absidia fassatiae'' * ''Absidia glauca'' * ''Absidia griseola'' * ''Absidia heterospora'' * ''Absidia idahoensis'' * ''Absidia inflata'' * ''Absidia macrospora'' * ''Absidia narayanai'' * ''Absidia pseudocylindrospora'' * ''Absidia psychrophilia'' * ''Absidia reflexa'' * ''Absidia repens'' * ''Absidia spinosa'' * ''Absidia tuneta'' * ''Absidia ushtrina'' Synonyms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sporangium
A sporangium (; from Late Latin, ) is an enclosure in which spores are formed. It can be composed of a single cell or can be multicellular. Virtually all plants, fungi, and many other lineages form sporangia at some point in their life cycle. Sporangia can produce spores by mitosis, but in nearly all land plants and many fungi, sporangia are the site of meiosis and produce genetically distinct haploid spores. Fungi In some phyla of fungi, the sporangium plays a role in asexual reproduction, and may play an indirect role in sexual reproduction. The sporangium forms on the sporangiophore and contains haploid nuclei and cytoplasm. Spores are formed in the sporangiophore by encasing each haploid nucleus and cytoplasm in a tough outer membrane. During asexual reproduction, these spores are dispersed via wind and germinate into haploid hyphae. Although sexual reproduction in fungi varies between phyla, for some fungi the sporangium plays an indirect role in sexual reprod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
