Ultrastructural studies of the patterns of conidiogenesis in Dacrymyces stillatus nees: Fries (basidiomycete)

Abstract New patterns of conidial formation on basidiospores and vegetative hyphae are identified, illustrated and described. The mechanisms of conidial ontogeny so far unsatisfactorilly studied are elucidated and now better understood. Several types of conidiogenous cells are described and their ontogeny better illustrated and explained. Arthroconidia of the fungi are for the first time studied at ultrastructural level and their mode of formation and secession as well better understood. Likewise, chlamydospores of D. stillatus are for the first time investigated at ultrastructural level, what enables a better observation of their structure and morphology and as well a better understanding of their origin and various modes of formation.