Biology:Aeciospore

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Short description: Reproductive structure of a fungus
Light microscopy of Puccinia graminis with an aecium releasing its aeciospores through the broken leaf surface. A=Aeciospore, B=Aecium. Scale bar = 0.1 mm

Aeciospores are one of several different types of spores formed by rusts.[1][2] They each have two nuclei and are typically seen in chain-like formations in the aecium.[3]

References

  1. Kyu Lee, Seung; Kakishima, Makoto (April 1999). "Aeciospore surface structures of Gymnosporangium and Roestelia (Uredinales)" (in en). Mycoscience 40 (2): 109–120. doi:10.1007/BF02464289. ISSN 1340-3540. 
  2. Bueno-Sancho, Vanessa; Orton, Elizabeth S.; Gerrity, Morgan; Lewis, Clare M.; Davey, Phoebe; Findlay, Kim C.; Barclay, Elaine; Robinson, Phil et al. (22 October 2021). "Aeciospore ejection in the rust pathogen Puccinia graminis is driven by moisture ingress" (in en). Communications Biology 4 (1): 1216. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02747-1. ISSN 2399-3642. PMID 34686772. 
  3. "Glossary: Aeciospore". Pacific Northwest Extension. 11 April 2019. https://pnwhandbooks.org/aeciospore.