Asexual reproduction via vegetative spores (conidia) or through mycelial fragmentation is common; it maintains clonal populations adapted to a specific niche, and allows more rapid dispersal than sexual reproduction. The “Fungi imperfecti” (fungi lacking the perfect or sexual stage) or Deuteromycota comprise all the species which lack an observable sexual cycle.
Sexual reproduction

Sexual reproduction with meiosis exists in all fungal phyla (with the exception of the Glomeromycota). It differs in many aspects from sexual reproduction in animals or plants. Differences also exist between fungal groups and can be used to discriminate species by morphological differences in sexual structures and reproductive strategies. Mating experiments between fungal isolates may identify species on the basis of biological species concepts. The major fungal groupings have initially been delineated based on the morphology of their sexual structures and spores; for example, the spore-containing structures, asci and basidia, can be used in the identification of ascomycetes and basidiomycetes, respectively. Some species may allow mating only between individuals of opposite mating type, while others can mate and sexually reproduce with any other individual or itself. Species of the former mating system are called heterothallic, and of the latter homothallic.

Asexual reproduction via vegetative spores (conidia) or through mycelial fragmentation is common; it maintains clonal populations adapted to a specific niche, and allows more rapid dispersal than sexual reproduction. The “Fungi imperfecti” (fungi lacking the perfect or sexual stage) or Deuteromycota comprise all the species which lack an observable sexual cycle.
Sexual reproduction

Sexual reproduction with meiosis exists in all fungal phyla (with the exception of the Glomeromycota). It differs in many aspects from sexual reproduction in animals or plants. Differences also exist between fungal groups and can be used to discriminate species by morphological differences in sexual structures and reproductive strategies. Mating experiments between fungal isolates may identify species on the basis of biological species concepts. The major fungal groupings have initially been delineated based on the morphology of their sexual structures and spores; for example, the spore-containing structures, asci and basidia, can be used in the identification of ascomycetes and basidiomycetes, respectively. Some species may allow mating only between individuals of opposite mating type, while others can mate and sexually reproduce with any other individual or itself. Species of the former mating system are called heterothallic, and of the latter homothallic.

(I say Hi Kirsty everyday. My daughter-in-law, Kirsty (originally from the UK) drops off her son Ollie every morning before leaving to work.)

Thank you for your visit to It Strikes.

If you ever want 1,000 pictures or more of corn (and soy) you’ll know where to visit.

My brother, an artist (painter), gradually moved toward the web over the years. He still doesn’t utilize it the way he could. Too many projects in his head – so little time, he says. If someone promoted his work for him, for free, I think he’d then see the benefits.

I’d do it for him but I have too many projects as well.

Cheers,

Gord H.

(I say Hi Kirsty everyday. My daughter-in-law, Kirsty (originally from the UK) drops off her son Ollie every morning before leaving to work.)

Thank you for your visit to It Strikes.

If you ever want 1,000 pictures or more of corn (and soy) you’ll know where to visit.

My brother, an artist (painter), gradually moved toward the web over the years. He still doesn’t utilize it the way he could. Too many projects in his head – so little time, he says. If someone promoted his work for him, for free, I think he’d then see the benefits.

I’d do it for him but I have too many projects as well.

Cheers,

Gord H.