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Autofluorescence (primary fluorescence (AF)) of fruiting bodies and stems of the fungus Morchella conica var. rigida was studied by fluorescence microscopy including sporangia and ascospores. The ascospores were characterized by a weak green–yellow AF at blue excitation. Using a green excitation, no AF was observed. The hyphae located under the layer of asci with ascospores exhibited a higher primary fluorescence, namely their walls that had green-yellow color at blue excitation. Also, their red AF observed when a green excitation was used was significant. Similarly, the hyphae located in the fungal stem exhibited a significant AF, especially their walls when the blue light was used for excitation. In addition, large, yellow-to-yellow/green, oval-to-round bodies with strong fluorescence were detected whose morphological equivalents were not clearly visible in the white halogen light. The AF of the fungus M. conica var. rigida was lower compared with the other higher fungi studied so far.
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Abbreviations
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Autofluorescence (primary fluorescence)
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The work was supported by project 526/07/0620 and the Institutional Research Concept AV 0Z 50200510.
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Žižka, Z., Gabriel, J. Autofluorescence of the fungus Morchella conica var. rigida . Folia Microbiol 56, 166–169 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-011-0029-x
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