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Antler hyphae and the physical properties of the peridiole wall in the genus Nidula
Author(s) -
Brodie Harold J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1981.tb00694.x
Subject(s) - hypha , antler , splash , biology , biological dispersal , botany , ecology , population , physics , demography , sociology , meteorology
Several physical properties of the peridiole wall of the four species of Nidula are shown to be related to the presence of thick–walled pigmented antler hyphae. The peridiole wall of N. emodensis and N. niveotomentosa is strongly hydrophobic and markedly frangible: in these species antler hyphae form the outermost layer of peridioles. In N. Candida and N. macrocarpa , antler hyphae are located beneath an outer bounding layer of undifferentiated and unpigmented hyphae and the peridioles of these species are hydrophilic and their walls are not frangible. Splash experiments indicate that the fruit bodies of N. emodensis and N. niveotomentosa are more efficient in splash dispersal of peridioles than fruit bodies of N. Candida.