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Two types of basidia in Urocystis hypoxis and the implications for smut taxonomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1999

C. T. INGOLD
C. T. INGOLD
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12 Chiltern Close, Benson, Oxon OX10 6LG
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Abstract

Germinating spore-balls of Urocystis hypoxis produce both unicellular basidia, crowned with 4–6 basidiospores, and what appear to be transversely septate, 3-celled, prostrate basidia with conjugation, through a conjugation tube, between top and bottom cells. This most unusual situation is discussed in relation to the taxonomy of smut fungi.

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Research Article
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Mycological Research , Volume 103 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 18 - 20
Copyright
© The British Mycological Society 1999

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