Abstract
Ascosporogenesis in Nannizzia gypsea was studied by electron microscopy. Development of ascospores began with the formation of an ascus vesicle composed of two paired unit membranes. Myelin figures consisting of coiled or concentric membranes were regularly connected with the growing ascus vesicle. Both the ascus vesicle and the myelin figures possessed an electron-dense line between paired membranes, and both were stained by the periodic acid-silver methenamine technique. Invagination of the ascus vesicle about the haploid nuclei resulted in eight uninucleate prospores bounded by two concentric membranes. Spore wall material was deposited between the two membranes of the prospores, and deposition was greatest in areas of the wall overlying stacked elements of endoplasmic reticulum. A single myelin figure surrounded by a polysaccharide halo was observed in the spore.
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