Rhizopus stolonifer

Two heterothallic strains forming gametatangia (tip of pointer)

Zygosporanium containing zygospore.

What is the function of the zygosporangium?

What develops from the answer to the prior question?

Rhizopus

The sporagangium with developing haploid spores (black portion) surround the columella (arrow) and is supported by the sporangiophore (arrow).

Rhizopus with spores growing on peaches (below).

Claviceps purpurea

Perithecium with ascospores.

Economic importance of this organism?

Pezziza

Close-up of the ascocarp showing asci with up to 8 ascospores (red arrow).

Penicillium

The broom-like conidia are supported by the conidiophore.

Aspergillus

Conidia supported by the conidiophore

Coprinus – typical club fungi

Pileus (red), stipe (green) and gills (cyan).  Annulus covers the gills, there’s not much remaining (yellow).

Coprinus – typical club fungi (x-section)

Pileus (red), stipe (green), gills (cyan) and basidiospore (blue).

The basidia (orange) are on the outer portions of the gill (cyan) that produce the basidiospores (blue).

Pucicinia – parasitic fungi that causes rust

Aecia (red bracket) with aeciospores (blue) on barberry leaves.  Aeciospores disperse to wheat or other grain species.

Uredia on wheat.

Telia with teliospores (red).  Overwintering stage, found on wheat or other grain species.

Aeciospores – found on a dicot (barberry leaf)

Urediaspore – found on a monocot (wheat)

Teliospores – found on a monocot (wheat)

Crustose lichens

Foliose lichen

Fruticose lichen