ULTRASTRUCTURE OF ASCI AND ASCOSPORE SHEATH OF MASSARINA-THALASSIAE (LOCULOASCOMYCETES, ASCOMYCOTINA)

Authors
READ SJ MOSS ST JONES EBG
Citation
Sj. Read et al., ULTRASTRUCTURE OF ASCI AND ASCOSPORE SHEATH OF MASSARINA-THALASSIAE (LOCULOASCOMYCETES, ASCOMYCOTINA), Botanica marina, 37(6), 1994, pp. 547-553
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Botanica marina → ACNP
ISSN journal
00068055
Volume
37
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
547 - 553
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8055(1994)37:6<547:UOAAAS>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Ultrastructure of the marine lignicolous, bitunicate, ascomycete Massa rina thalassiae is presented and compared with marine species of the g enera Paraliomyces, Pleospora and Nimbospora. Asci of M. thalassiae po ssess a thick endoascus, thin ectoascus and an ocular chamber. The bic elled ascospores are surrounded by an exosporial mucilaginous sheath s imilar to that of Paraliomyces lentiferus.