The following points highlight the fourteen salient features of morchella. 1. Morchella is a saprobic discomycete. The mycelium is inconspicuous and underground. It consists of a mass of loosely interwoven septate hyphae. The cells are multinucleate. 2. The so-called morels (guchhi) are the aerial fructifications or ascocarps of the fungus. 3. The mature ascocarp varies in height from 25 to [...]
In this article we will discuss about the life cycle of morchella with the help of suitable diagrams. Mycelium of Morchella (Fig. 12.3C): It is inconspicuous but extensive and subterranean. It grows a few inches deep in the soil and thus hidden from view. The mycelium consists of a mass of loosely interwoven branched hyphae. The hyphae ramify through the [...]
In this article we will discuss about the sexual reproduction in coprobia with the help of suitable diagrams. It varies in different species of Humaria. In Coprobia granulatus only the female sex organ is developed. It is called the ascogonium. The antheridium is lacking. The mature ascogonium is a multinucleate, oval structure. It has no trichogyne. It is borne at [...]