The following points highlight the three gasteromycetes:- 1. Phallales 2. Lycoperdales 3. Nidulariales. Order # 1. Phallales: The Phallales are commonly called stinkhorns because of the strong foetid odour of decaying meat they possess in their exposed glebal tissue. These are some of the most beautiful fungi. They grow where there is ample organic matter such as humus, rotted tree [...]
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 [...]