In this article we will discuss about the classification of deuteromycetes into various orders. Because the Deuteromycetes are classified mainly by the types of spores produced, they present many difficulties from the point of view of classification. A pure culture of a single fungus may contain more than one spore type, which would justify its placement in at least two [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Features of Myxomycota 2. Phylogeny of Myxomycota 3. Class Myxomycetes Introduction 4. Economic Importance 5. Occurrence 6. Sexual Reproduction 7. Life Cycle Pattern. Features of Myxomycota: The Myxomycota or slime molds, are fungus-like organisms. They are characterised by the absence of cell wall from their amoeboid,' animal-like vegetative or assimilatory phase. The [...]
In this article we will discuss about the somatic phase of myxomycota, explained with the help of suitable diagrams. The somatic phase consists of coenocytic mass of highly granular protoplasm containing hundreds or thousands of nuclei and vacuoles without cell walls, but delimited only by a thin plasma membrane—a plasmodium (pl. plasmodia) (Fig. 321A). The Plasmodium is a flat amoeboid [...]