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ASEXUAL SPORES IN CLOSTERIUM DIDTMOTOCUM RALFS
Author(s) -
STARR RICHARD C.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1958.tb05305.x
Subject(s) - spore , protoplast , biology , sporogenesis , botany , cell wall , spore germination
summaryClosterium didymotocum var. pygmaeiim is described as a new variety because of its narrow width and its lack of subapical thickenings on the cell wall. An unusual type of asexual spore formation is described in which the protoplast escapes from the enclosing cell wall and forms a spherical resistant spore. On germination the spore produces a single vegetative cell.