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Contributions of Electron Microscopy to Fungal Classification
Department of Botany, University of Texas Austin, Texas 78712
Such characters as surface ultrastructure of asexual and sexual propagules, wall and septal ultrastructure, the fine structure of ascal tips, and ultrastructural aspects of nuclear division have taxonomic significance for major groups of fungi. Information derived from fine-structural analyses can be correlated with that obtained from light-microscopic, chemical, and developmental investigations. The versatility of electron-microscopic facilities makes them powerful research tools in the hands of the innovative taxonomist.