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. [...]
In this article we will discuss about the reproduction in ascobolus with the help of suitable diagrams. Mycelium of Ascobolus: The mycelium of the fungus is well developed and ramifies in the substratum forming complex hyphal masses. The mycelium is septate with multinucleate cells and branched. The complex hyphal mass absorbs the food material from the substratum and supplies to [...]
Read the below given notes to learn about heterothallism with the help of diagram. The term Heterothallism was first used by an American geneticist A.F. Blakeslee in 1904 when he observed that zygospores could develop in some spp. only when two mycelia of different strains were allowed to come in contact with each other. Blakeslee made these observations as a [...]