Friday, November 2, 2012

Fungal Word Friday: Zygospore

A zygospore is thick-walled sexual spore formed by the fusion of two similar gametangia. It is, as the name suggests, characteristic of the Zygomycetes.
 
The zygospore stage of Rhizopus stolonifer.

Photo Cred: Course materials for BOT135 taught at University of Hawaii by George Wong.

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