In this article we will discuss about the somatic phase and reproductive phase in the life cycle of physarum with the help of suitable diagrams. Somatic Phase: Zygote Formation: On the onset of conditions favourable for growth the spiny thick-walled resting meiospores germinates releasing usually 1 to 4 biflagellate swarm cells or myxamoebae which function as gametes. Copulation between two [...]
The upcoming discussion will update you about the differences between plasmodiophora and physarum. Difference # Plasmodiophora (Plasmodiopohromytes): 1. Plasmodiophora is an internal obligate parasite (endoparasite). 2. It is parasitic in its mode of nutrition. 3. The life cycle comprises two distinct phases, the haplophase and the diplophase. 4. The haplophase starts with the germination of resting spore or cyst in [...]
The following points highlight the three ways for accomplishment of plasmogamy in lower fungi. The ways are: 1. Planogametic Copulation 2. Gametangial Contact 3. Gametangial Copulation. Way # 1. Planogametic Copulation: It is characteristic of the primitive planogametic lower fungi (Chytridiomycetes and Plasmodiophoromycetes). In this kind of gametic union, one or both the gametes of a uniting pair are motile [...]