promycelium


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promycelium

(ˌprəʊmaɪˈsiːlɪəm)
n, pl -lia (-lɪə)
(Botany) botany a short tubular outgrowth from certain germinating fungal spores that produces spores itself and then dies
[C19: New Latin from pro-1 + mycelium]
ˌpromyˈcelial adj
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Noun 1. promycelium - the basidium of various fungi
basidium - a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes
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The process of spore germination is one germ tube producing one promycelium. The promycelia were found and began to detach at 12 h.
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The infection begins when teliospores germinate, undergo meiosis, and produce a short promycelium which buds off yeast-like haploid sporidia.
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