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Definition of Paraphyses

Paraphyses
Paraphysis Pa*raph"y*sis, n.; pl. Paraphyses. [NL., fr. Gr. ? beside + ? growth.] (Bot.) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.

Meaning of Paraphyses from wikipedia

- Paraphyses are erect sterile filament-like support structures occurring among the reproductive apparatuses of fungi, ferns, bryophytes and some thallophytes...
- cells develop into sterile cells called cystidia (basidiomycetes) or paraphyses (ascomycetes). Cystidia are often important for microscopic identification...
- stinkhorns. Inters****d among the asci are threadlike sterile cells called paraphyses. Similar structures called cystidia often occur within the hymenium of...
- space, with both ends attached to the gills, help together by clasping paraphyses. As the gill expands the cystidium breaks away from one gill and projects...
- of paraphyses, which are sparingly branched and interconnected (anastomosing). These structures are amyloid, and stain blue with iodine. Paraphyses are...
- ascospores and paraphyses. Paraphyses are sterile cells' often with swollen tips and are at high turgor pressure. Tips of the paraphyses are very tightly...
- hymenium colorless and 60-80 micrometers tall (iodine-positive blue), the paraphyses simple to sp****ly branched, and the hypothecium yellowish. The asci are...
- prosoplectenchymatous, often resembling the orientation and appearance of the paraphyses. In contrast, the outer exci****r hyphae are parallel, moderately swollen...
- are eight-spored, 223–300 by 19–20 µm, cylindrical, and hyaline. The paraphyses are filamentous, cylindrical, 5.8–8.8 µm wide, and hyaline. The hyphae...
- The paraphyses, hyaline at the base and brown in the upper regions, are 4–11 µm wide, and longer than the asci. Cells at the end of the paraphyses are...