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The croziers were formed from large multinucleate cells at the base of the hysterothecium. The diploid ascus had basal and apical vacuoles and there was prominant endoplasmic reticulum near the extending tip of the ascus. The spore delimiting membranes were continuous with the plasmalemma and possibly arose from it. The spore walls were formed between the two membranes. The ascus had a simple apical ring around a thinner region of the wall which became the pore through which the spores were released. Just before spore release the outer layer of the ascospore wall became vesiculated and eventually mucilagenous. The long clavate ascospores were released one at a time, stretching the neck of the ascus as they emerged.
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Campbell, R. Ultrastructure of asci, ascospores, and spore release inLophodermella sulcigena (Rostr.) v. Hohn.. Protoplasma 78, 69–80 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01281523
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