Apothecium Development
While the branching ascogenous hyphae forms a
hymenium of asci and ascospores, the paraphyses (Fig. 6) and the remaining part of the
ascocarp is being formed by the mycelium derived from the stalk cells (Fig. 7).
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| Figure 6: Paraphyses originate from the stalk cell as monokaryotic hyphal cells. Outer surface of apothecium indicated by parenchymatous-like cells. | Figure 7: Interwoven mycelium that forms the remainder of the apothecium is also derived from the stalk cell below the ascogonium. |