Definition of Paraphyses. Meaning of Paraphyses. Synonyms of Paraphyses

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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...
- 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...
- Geoglossum difforme paraphyses, 800X total magnification. Geoglossum simile paraphyses, 800X total magnification. Geoglossum cookeanum paraphyses, 800X total...
- cells develop into sterile cells called cystidia (basidiomycetes) or paraphyses (ascomycetes). Cystidia are often important for microscopic identification...
- 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...
- ascospores and paraphyses. Paraphyses are sterile cells' often with swollen tips and are at high turgor pressure. Tips of the paraphyses are very tightly...
- stinkhorns. Inters****d among the asci are threadlike sterile cells called paraphyses. Similar structures called cystidia often occur within the hymenium of...
- gall-like or blister-like tissues of the hosts. The asci form a layer lacking paraphyses, and they lack croziers. The ascospores frequently bud into multiple yeast...
- (spore-bearing cells) are 300–360 by 16–20 μm with walls up to 1.5 μm thick. Paraphyses measure 90–184 by 10–18.5 μm (6–9 μm thick if immature); they are hyaline...
- plurivora, but can be distinguished by its conidial dimensions. Also, the paraphyses of the former are up to 95μm long and 4μm wide, whereas those of L. plurivora...