FIRST RECORD OF INTRACELLULAR SPORULATION BY A COELOMYCETE FUNGUS

Authors
Citation
Kk. Newsham, FIRST RECORD OF INTRACELLULAR SPORULATION BY A COELOMYCETE FUNGUS, Mycological research, 98, 1994, pp. 1390-1392
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology
Journal title
ISSN journal
09537562
Volume
98
Year of publication
1994
Part
12
Pages
1390 - 1392
Database
ISI
SICI code
0953-7562(1994)98:<1390:FROISB>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Intracellular sporulation by a coelomycete, Phoma fimeti, in the root cells of the winter annual grass Vulpia ciliata spp. ambigua is report ed. It is proposed that conidia of P. fimeti may be passively distribu ted within the roots of the plant by the division of host cells. The f ungus was asymptomatic in the roots of the plant, as the only detectab le signs of colonization were increases in root and shoot biomass valu es, root lengths and tiller numbers. The potential ecological advantag es of intracellular sporulation for the fungus and the status of P. fi meti as a facultative endophyte are discussed.