Abstract

Ascocarp development in Pycnidiophora dispersa is similar to that in Phaeotrichum. A stroma originates in an intercalary position on a hypha. It increases in size, and the outer cell layer differentiates to form the wall. The ascogenous system forms from a mass of fertile cells in the center of the centrum. These become enlarged and multinucleate and give rise to ascogenous hyphae which form asci at their tips by means of croziers. In time, most of the cells of the centrum become fertile and give rise to ascogenous hyphae. There are no sterile threads in the centrum and no hymenium is present, the asci being scattered throughout the locule. The haploid chromosome number is n = 6.

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