Abstract
The septal pore apparatus in intercellular hyphae of Ustacystis waldsteiniae was analyzed by serial- section electron microscopy using chemically fixed and high pressure frozen/freeze substituted samples. Sep- ta have a central simple pore with rounded, non- swollen margins. However, the pore apparatus is a highly complex structure, differing significantly from that found in simple- and complex-septate basidi? omycetes. Three features are typical: 1) the pore canal is traversed by two symmetrically arranged bands, 2) a dome shaped membranous cap, intimately attached to the plasma membrane, encloses the pore on both sides, and 3) a thin electron transparent layer and a layer of medium electron density cover the cytoplasmic side of the membranous cap. From our observations of septal pore morphology we suggest a general ab- sence of transport of organelles including ribosomes through the pore.
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