擔子(basidium,複數basidia)是擔子菌門真菌子實層上的產孢構造,為該門真菌的主要特徵之一,一個擔子上面通常會長有四個有性孢子,這些有性孢子稱為擔孢子 (basidiospore),不過有時候擔孢子可能只有兩個或有八個之多。在典型的擔子中,擔孢子會長在一個狹窄的角的頂端上,並且在它們成熟時強制地使它們脫離,這個角的構造稱為擔孢子梗(sterigma,複數sterigmata)。
結構
在擔子菌門中,大部分的擔子菌擁有單細胞的擔子,稱為無隔擔子 (holobasidium,複數holobasidia);而有些種類的擔子則是多細胞的擔子,稱為有隔擔子 (phragmobasidium,複數phragmobasidia)。舉例來說,在某目(Puccinales)中的銹菌具有四個單細胞的有隔擔子,它的隔膜型態屬於橫向隔膜;而在銀耳目(Tremellales)中,有些膠體菌一樣具有四個單細胞的有隔擔子,只是它的隔膜型態屬於十字隔膜。
擔子的典型型態為棍棒狀,頂端的半球形圓頂的底部為最寬的部分,而擔子的基部寬度則是頂部寬度的一半。}}
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- Money, N.P. 1998. More g's than the Space Shuttle: ballistospore discharge. Mycologia 90:547-558.
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外部連結
- [http://americanmushrooms.com/basics.htm#Reproduction AmericanMushrooms.com: How do fungi reproduce?]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060927231933/http://www.apsnet.org/education/IllustratedGlossary/PhotosA-D/basidium.htm APSnet Illustrated Glossary of Plant Pathology: Basidum]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928180413/http://carroll1.cc.edu/~jclausz/msamanual/ballistospore.html Demonstrating basidiospore discharge] by John Webster. Mycological Society of America Lab Manual
- [http://www.mushroomthejournal.com/greatlakesdata/Terms/basid133.html IMA Mycological Glossary: Basidum]
- [http://www.anbg.gov.au/fungi/spore-discharge-mushrooms.html Spore discharge and dispersal in mushrooms] by Heino Lepp, Australian National Botanic Gardens.
- [http://www.mushroomexpert.com/microscope_cystidia.html "Using a Microscope: Basidia and Cystidia"] by Michael Kuo, MushroomExpert.com
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