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Reproductive structure of a fungus
Light microscopy of
Puccinia graminis with an
aecium releasing its aeciospores through the broken leaf surface. A=Aeciospore, B=Aecium. Scale bar = 0.1 mm
Aeciospores are one of several different types of
spores formed by
rusts .
[1]
[2] They each have two nuclei and are typically seen in chain-like formations in the
aecium .
[3]
References
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doi :
10.1007/BF02464289 .
ISSN
1340-3540 .
S2CID
84953707 .
^ Bueno-Sancho, Vanessa; Orton, Elizabeth S.; Gerrity, Morgan; Lewis, Clare M.; Davey, Phoebe; Findlay, Kim C.; Barclay, Elaine; Robinson, Phil; Morris, Richard J.; Blyth, Mark; Saunders, Diane G.O. (22 October 2021).
"Aeciospore ejection in the rust pathogen Puccinia graminis is driven by moisture ingress" . Communications Biology . 4 (1): 1216.
doi :
10.1038/s42003-021-02747-1 .
ISSN
2399-3642 .
PMC
8536709 .
PMID
34686772 .
^
"Glossary: Aeciospore" . Pacific Northwest Pest Management Handbooks . Pacific Northwest Extension. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2023 .