Me. Hood et al., Differences in teliospore germination patterns of Microbotryum violaceum from European and North American Silene species, MYCOL RES, 105, 2001, pp. 532-536
Microbotryum violaceum (anther-smut) from Silene caroliniana and S. virgini
ca produced promycelia that frequently appeared to contain more than three
cells according to the number of septations. This is in contrast to samples
from S. latifolia and to previous descriptions of this species. Apparent f
our-celled promycelia contained three nucleate cells and one anucleate zone
. Anucleate zones were usually positioned between the first and third cells
of the promycelium. Their presence was negatively correlated with the occu
rrence of intra-promycelial conjugation. Also, unlike isolates from Silene
latifolia, isolates from S. caroliniana and S. virginica produced hyphae in
the absence of an inducing agent.