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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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.

scitamineum was as follows: teliospores germinate, germ tube, promycelium, basidiospore, and microspore, which was similar to the observation of mycelial growth process of Sporisorium reilianum in maize seedling by Zhang et al.

A TaqMan real-time PCR assay for detection and quantification of Sporisorium scitamineum in sugarcane

The infection begins when teliospores germinate, undergo meiosis, and produce a short promycelium which buds off yeast-like haploid sporidia.

An anther-smut disease (Ustilago violacea) of fire-pink (Silene virginica): its biology and relationship to the anther-smut disease of white campion (Silene alba)

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