Abstract
The behaviour of nuclei during the growth and differentiation of basidiocarp primordia of Armillariella mellea (Vahl) Karst. is described. The primordial initials which arose from monokaryotic rhizomorphs were also monokaryotic. In older primordia, at the site of initiation of gill folds, multinucleate cells formed at the tips of monokaryotic hyphae and gave rise to the dikaryotic hyphae bearing clamp connections. These formed the gills of the older primordia. Cytological studies suggested that the nuclei in monokaryotic cells were diploid. In young basidial primordia haploidization occurred in the cells which were to become multinucleate prior to giving rise to dikaryotic hyphae of the gills. In mature basidia after nuclear fusion and meiosis had occurred, each of the four haploid daughter nucleic migrated into a basidiospore and then divided mitotically. One of the mitotic daughter nucleic migrated from each spore back into the basidium so that mature spores were uninucleate.
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Abbreviations
- M.T.O.C.:
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microtubule organizing centre
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Tommerup, I.C., Broadbent, D. Nuclear fusion, meiosis and the origin of dikaryotic hyphae in Armillariella mellea . Arch. Microbiol. 103, 279–282 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00436361
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