2. Hulle cells, characteristic of the genus Emericella and relatives.
3. Immature asci of Ascobolus, with paraphyses visible.
4. Aspergillus (Eurotium), typical uniseriate conidiophore.
5. Aspergillus sydowii colony -- the cause of sea fan aspergillosis.
6. Plectomycete-like asci of Chaetomium.
7. Cordyceps militaris fertile portion of stroma. Note orange perithecia.
8. Emericella nidulans culture. Cleistothecia are surrounded by a stroma of hülle cells.
9. Eremascus albus hyphae and asci.
10. Cleistothecia of Eupenicillium javanicum.
11. Cleistothecia of Eurotium.
12. Unordered, evanescent asci of Eurotium.
13. Side view of Eurotium ascospore showing two equatorial rings.
14. Eight-spored asci from Gelasinospora.
15. Perithecia of Gelasinospora on agar surface.
16. Perithecia of Gibberella zeae on carnation leaf -- cirrhi are visible.
17. Hypocrea
gelatinosa produces eight two-celled ascospores that fragment into
16
part-ascospores.
18. Hypomyces lactifluorum on Russulaceae.
19. Nectria haematococca asci with two-celled ascospores.
20. Nectria haematococca with ruptured perithecium with fascicles of young asci.
21. Nectria tetrasperma: four-spored asci from this pseudohomothallic species.
22. Nectria
haematococca perithecia, some producing cirrhi.
(N.
haematococca [a.k.a. Haematonectria haematococca];
Teleomorph
of F. solani)
23. Asci
from Petriella (Microascaceae). Note the Plectomycete-like, evanescent
asci
containing
eight unordered ascospores. Mature ascospores are brick red to brown.
24. Polysporous asci from Podospora on dung.
25. Ascospores of Podospora sp., with appendages.
26. Perithecium of Podospora on surface of deer dung.
27. Asci of Sordaria fimicola. Note that each ascus has a refractive apical ring.
28. Stromatic ascoma of Trichocoma paradoxa, type genus of the Trichocomaceae (Eurotiales).
29. Warcupiella
sp.: Note the typical unordered, evanescent asci and ascospores of a
eurotialean
fungus.
30. Asci
of a member of the Xylariales, stained with Melzer’s reagent. Note amyloid
ring
on
ascus apex.
II. Basidiomycetes
31. Calostoma
cinnabarina a common stalked puffball in the eastern US.
32. Cantharellus sp.: Note the gill-like folds characteristic of this genus.
33. Tuning fork basidium typical of Dacrymycetales.
34. Gymnosporangium
clavipes spermogonial and aecial stages Rosaceae.
(Photo
by Gary Moorman)
35. Inonotus dryaedus fruiting body enveloping leaves of English ivy.
36. Mutinus caninus mature fruiting bodies and eggs, with fly on spore mucilage.
37. Omphalotus illudens: a large fruiting.
38. Russula spp. basidiocarps.
39. Russuloid
spores. Note the amyloid ornamentation of the spores typical of Russulaceae.
III. Slime Molds
40. Arcyria
denudata mature sporangia.
41. Arcyria capillitium capillitial threads and spores.
42. Empty calyculi from Hemitrichia (?).
43. Ceratiomyxa sp.: reticulate sporophore form.
44. Dichlaena sp.: irridescent, columellate sporangia (1).
45. Dichlaena sp.: irridescent, columellate sporangia (2).
46. Dictydiaethalium sp. pseudoaethalium - tightly packed sporangia.
47. Dictydium sp. showing cage-like sporangium.
48. Dictydium sp. showing cage-like sporangium containing spores.
49. Dictyostelium sp. migrating slug stage (1).
50. Dictyostelium sp. migrating slug stage (2)
51. Dictyostelium sp. developing sorocarp.
52. Dictyostelium sp. sorocarp head and spores.
53. Dictyostelium discoideum: top and bottom focus of developing sorocarp.
54. Diderma testaceum sporangia with double peridium (1).
55. Diderma testaceum sporangia with double peridium (2).
56. Hemitrichia sp. sporangia with calyculus.
58. Physarum cinereum subplasmodiocarpous fruiting on blade of grass.
59. Physarum polycephalum plasmodium on agar.
60. Physarum polycephalum sporangia.
61. Physarum polycephalum gellified and fluid portions of plasmodium.
62. Physarum polycephalum plasmodium overrunning a colony of Penicillium.
64. Stemonitis sp. showing columella and capillitium.
66. Trichia flavogenia sporangia.
67. Trichia flavogenia capillitium and spores (1).
68. Trichia flavogenia capillitium and spores (2).
