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Document Type
Research
Abstract
The current systems of classification of the basidiomycetes tend to attribute greater weight to the structure of the fruiting-body than to basidial morphology. Actually, basidial morphology is the more fundamental character. When the basidium is considered in the light of Neuhoff's hypo-, epibasidium and Donk's pro-, metabasidium concepts, homologies appear which furnish the basis for a natural arrangement of the class. Such an arrangement follows the general groupings proposed by Patouillard of Hetero- and Autobasidiomycetes and of Hymeniales and Gasteromycetes. The relationships, mutual and within the groups, of Patouillard's divisions receive greater meaning from such a consistent morphological and phylogenetic interpretation.
Publication Date
1934
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
41
Issue
1
First Page
112
Last Page
113
Copyright
©1934 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Rogers, Donald P.
(1934)
"The Basidium,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 41(1), 112-113.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol41/iss1/22