Basidiospore

Basidiospore

A basidiospore is a reproductive spore produced by Basidiomycete fungi. Basidiospores typically each contain one haploid nucleus that is the product of meiosis, and they are produced by specialized fungal cells called basidia. Most basidiospores are forcibly discharged, and are thus considered ballistospores.

When basidiospores encounter a favorable substrate, they may germinate, typically by forming hyphae. These hyphae grow outward from the original spore, forming an expanding circle of mycelium. The circular shape of a fungal colony explains the formation of fairy rings, and also the circular lesions of skin-infecting fungi that cause ringworm. Some basidiospores germinate repetitively by forming small spores instead of hyphae.

References

* [http://tolweb.org/Basidiomycota Tree of Life: Basidiomycota]
* [https://www.emlab.com/app/fungi/Fungi.po?event=fungi&species=7&type=secondary Basidiospores]


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  • Basidiospore — Ba*sid i*o*spore, n. [Basidium + spore.] (Bot.) A spore borne by a basidium. {Ba*sid i*o*spor ous}, a. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • basidiospore — basidiospore. См. базидиоспора. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • basidiospore — [bə sid′ē ō spôr΄] n. [< BASIDIUM + SPORE] a spore produced on a basidium basidiosporous [bə sid΄ē ōspôr′əs] adj …   English World dictionary

  • Basidiospore — Baside …   Wikipédia en Français

  • basidiospore — noun Etymology: New Latin basidium + English o + spore Date: 1859 a spore produced by a basidium …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • basidiospore — (bah sid e o spōr) A spore born on the outside of a basidium following karyogamy and meiosis …   Dictionary of microbiology

  • basidiospore — Spores of Basidiomycete fungi. These spores are usually uninucleate and haploid …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • basidiospore — basidiosporous /beuh sid ee os peuhr euhs, ee euh spawr euhs, spohr /, adj. /beuh sid ee oh spawr , spohr /, n. Mycol. a spore that is borne by a basidium. [1855 60; BASIDI(UM) + O + SPORE] * * * …   Universalium

  • basidiospore — noun A sexually reproductive spore produced by fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota …   Wiktionary

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