Scanning Electron Microscopy of a Soil Fungus Gliocladium roseum

Authors

David Jones, The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
Derek Vaughan, The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
William J. McHardy, The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute

Abstract

The paper describes the ultra-structural features of cryofixed and critical point-dried sporing cultures of a soil fungus Gliocladium roseum. Features described are Acrostalagmus-like conidiophores with spore masses in mucoid balls borne at the tips of branchlets and penicillate heads with conidia massed in rope-like formations. A particular feature of the aerial hyphae and conidiophores is the presence of blister-like swellings on their walls. These observations help to accurately characterize the organism in taxonomic studies.

Recommended Citation

Jones, David; Vaughan, Derek; and McHardy, William J. (1992) "Scanning Electron Microscopy of a Soil Fungus Gliocladium roseum," Scanning Microscopy: Vol. 6: No. 2, Article 23.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/microscopy/vol6/iss2/23