Mushroom spores but what are the dots on the spores?

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lperepol
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Mushroom spores but what are the dots on the spores?

#1 Post by lperepol » Sun Dec 30, 2018 4:27 pm

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Re: Mushroom spores but what are the dots on the spores?

#2 Post by apochronaut » Sun Dec 30, 2018 9:07 pm

Undergoing meiosis , likely.
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Re: Mushroom spores but what are the dots on the spores?

#3 Post by Bruce Taylor » Wed Jan 02, 2019 5:02 am

Basidiospores are the haploid product of meiosis, so that is not what we're seeing here (after germination, the spores will form monokaryotic hyphae, but division will be mitotic).

I think the larger granules in the spore are likely to be the nucleus and various lipid bodies/droplets (these can be fairly large).
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