In this article we will discuss about the presence of sex hormones in achlya. It was de Bary (1881) who first reported the presence of sex hormones in dioecious species of Achlya. In 1908, Kaufmann supported the contention of de Bary on the basis of his observations on Saprolegnia hypogyna. According to Kaufmann, the development of antheridial hyphae is stimulated [...]
In this article we will discuss about the procedure for obtaining fungal culture in the pure form. The mycologist raises pure culture of a fungus to study the fungus in detail regarding its reproduction, physiology and genetics. The pure culture may be on liquid solid/media and in obtaining the pure culture of the organism, the mycologist employs certain procedure. 1. [...]
Read the below given notes to learn about homothallism, a phenomenon in those fungi which are self-fertile and self-compatible. Homothallism is the phenomenon in those fungi which are self-fertile and self-compatible. Such fungi are known as Homothallic fungi. The thallus in these fungi is of one and single strain, thus two mycelia developing from a single spore are capable of [...]