Hammer S.
(2001):
Podetial morphogenesis in Thysanothecium scutellatum (Ascomycotina, Cladoniaceae),
Bibl. Lichenol.,
78: 75-83
Thysanothecium scutellatum, a common lichen species in Australasia, is characterized by a deflexed, unbranched podetium with an apical, shield-like hymenium. The deflexed habit, the characteristic hymcnial shape, and the subsequent deformation of the podetium are the result of a morphogenetic pathway similar to that found in species of the cosmopolitan genus As in other Cladoniaceae, morphogenesis in Thysanothecium is initiated and controlled by a fungal apical meristem, but various aspects of developmental …
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