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Leptomitales

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  • panther cap mushroom
    fungus
    / Annotated classification

    Order Leptomitales Aquatic, saprotrophic, often found in polluted water; eucarpic; hyphae constricted, with cellulin plugs, arising from a well-defined basal cell; oogonium typically containing a single egg, which may be free or embedded in periplasm (a peripheral layer of protoplasm); example genera include Apodachlyella, Ducellieria, Leptolegniella,…

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    Order Leptomitales Aquatic, saprotrophic, often found in polluted water; eucarpic; hyphae constricted, with cellulin plugs, arising from a well-defined basal cell; oogonium typically containing a single egg, which may be free or embedded in periplasm (a peripheral layer of protoplasm); example genera include Apodachlyella, Ducellieria, Leptolegniella,…

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