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APPRESSORIUM [1 record]

Record 1 2001-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fungi and Myxomycetes
DEF

A flattened and thickened tip of a hyphal branch, formed by some parasitic fungi, that facilitates penetration of the host plant.

OBS

plural: appressoria.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Champignons et myxomycètes
DEF

appressorium : Renflement de l'extrémité d'un hyphe, ou du tube germinatif d'une spore de champignon se formant au contact de la cuticule du végétal parasité et favorisant l'adhérence du filament avant sa pénétration.

Spanish

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