Advanced search
Publication Cover
Mycologia Volume 67, 1975 - Issue 4
Submit an article Journal homepage
6
Views
4
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

The Effects of Nutrients and Temperature on Germination and Viability of the Ascospores of Chaetomium Rectopilium

C. L. FergusThe Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802
&
Christine J. DelwicheThe Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802
Pages 722-732 | Accepted 23 Nov 1974, Published online: 12 Sep 2018

LITERATURE CITED

  • Borchert, R. 1962. Über die Azetät-Aktivierung der Sporangiosporen von Phycomyces blakesleenanus. Beitr. Biol. Pflanz. 38: 31–61.
  • Bretzloff, C. W., Jr. 1954. The growth and fruiting of Sordaria fimicola. Amer. J. Bot. 41: 58–67.
  • Butler, E. E. 1956. Spore germination in Sordaria fimicola. Mycologia 48: 345–348.
  • Celerin, E. M., and C. L. Fergus. 1971. Effects of nutrients, temperature and relative humidity on germination and longevity of the ascospores of Chaetomium thermophile var. coprophile. Mycologia 63: 1030–1045.
  • Cochrane, J. C., V. W. Cochrane, F. G. Simon, and J. Spaeth. 1963. Spore germination and carbon metabolism in Fusarium solani. I. Requirements for spore germination. Phytopathology 53: 1155–1160.
  • Cochrane, V. W. 1958. Physiology of fungi. John Wiley, New York. 524 pp.
  • Cochrane, V. W. 1966. Respiration and spore germination, pp. 201–213. In M. F. Madelin [ed.], The fungus spore. Butterworths, London.
  • Faull, A. F. 1930. On the resistance of Neurospora crassa. Mycologia 22: 288–303.
  • Fencel, Z., and J. Leopold. 1957. Mechanism of inhibition by acetic acid of the germination of spores of Aspergillus niger. Nature 179: 922.
  • Fergus, C. L., and R. M. Amelung. 1971. A new thermotolerant species of Chaetomium from mushroom compost. Mycologia 63: 1212–1217.
  • Gottlieb, D. 1964. Germination of fungus spores. Endeavour 23: 85–89.
  • Lilly, V. G., and H. L. Barnett. 1961. Acetate as a carbon source for fungi. Proc. West Virginia Acad. Sci. 33: 5–10.
  • Lilly, V. G., and H. L. Barnett, and R. F. Krause. 1962. Effects of the alkali metal chlorides on spore germination, growth, and carotenogenesis of Phycomyces blakesleeanus. Mycologia 54: 235–248.
  • Robbins, W. J., V. W. Kavanagh, and F. Kavanagh. 1942. Growth substances and dormancy of spores of Phycomyces. Bot. Gaz. 104: 224–242.
  • Shear, C. L., and B. O. Dodge. 1927. Life histories and heterothallism of the red bread-mold fungi of the Monilia sitophila group. J. Agric. Res. 34: 1019–1042.
  • Smith, J. H. 1923. The killing of Botrytis cinerea by heat, with a note on the determination of temperature coefficients. Ann. Appl. Biol. 10: 335–347.
  • Steel, R. G. D., and J. H. Torrie. 1960. Principles and procedures of statistics. McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York. 481 pp.
  • Sussman, A. S., and H. O. Halvorson. 1966. Spores. Their dormancy and germination. Harper and Row, New York. 354 pp.
  • Sussman, D. 1954. Changes in the permeability of ascospores of Neurospora tetrasperma during germination. J. Gen. Physiol. 38: 59–77.
  • Weimer, J. L., and L. L. Harter. 1923. Temperature relationships of eleven species of Rhizopus. J. Agric. Res. 24: 1–39.
  • Yu, C. C. 1954. The culture and spore germination of Ascobolus with emphasis on A. magnificus. Amer. J. Bot. 41: 21–30.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.