Springer Series in Microbiology

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1 Springer Series in Microbiology Editor: Mortimer P. Starr

2 Ascomycete Systematics The Luttrellian Concept Edited by Don R. Reynolds With Contributions by A. Beckett. A. Bellemere, A. Henssen, M. C. Janex-Favre, G. Keuck, J. W. Kimbrough, M. A. Letrouit-Galinou, E. S. Luttrell, D. Malloch, E. Müller, A. Parguey-Leduc, B. Renner, J. van Brummelen, G. Vobis With 122 Illustrations Springer-Verlag New York Heidelberg Berlin

3 Don R. Reynolds Natural History Museum 900 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles, California jusa Series Editor: Mortimer P. Starr University of California Department of Bacteriology Davis, California 95616jUSA Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Ascomycete systematics. (Springer series in microbiology) Bibliography: p. Includes indexes. 1. Ascomycetes. 2. Botany-Classification. I. Reynolds, Don R. 11. Title: Luttrellian concept. QK623.AIA '3' All rights reserved. No part of this book may be translated or reproduced in any form without written permission from Springer-Verlag. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, etc. in this publication, even if the former are not especially identified, is not to be taken as a sign that such names, as understood by the Trade Marks and Merchandise Marks Act, may accordingly be used freely by anyone by Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1 st edition ISBN-13: : / e-isbn-13:

4 Contents Chapter 1 The Luttrellian Concept: Introductory Remarks 1 DON R. REYNOLDS The Concept 1 This Volume 2 References 3 The Ascus 5 Chapter 2 The Ascus with an Apical Pore: Development, Composition, and Function 7 A. BECKETT Introduction 7 The Ascus Wall 7 The Apical Apparatus 11 Ascus Function 17 General Conclusions 24 References 25 Chapter 3 The Operculate Ascus and Allied Forms 27 J. VAN BRUMMELEN Introduction 27 The Ascus Form 27 Ascus Function 30 Ascus Types 31 General Conclusions 46 References 46

5 vi Contents Chapter 4 The Bitunicate Ascus 49 E. MÜLLER Introduction 49 Ascus Form 50 Ascus Function 51 General Conclusions 52 References 53 Chapter 5 The Lecanoralean Ascus: An Ultrastructural Preliminary Study 54 A. BELLEMERE AND M. A. LETROUIT-GALINOU Introduction 54 Ascus Types 56 General Conclusions 65 References 69 The Centrum 71 Chapter 6 The Plectomycete Centrum 73 D. MALLOCH Introduction 73 A Taxonomie Scheme 74 General Conclusions 85 References 88 Chapter 7 The Discomycete Centrum 92 J. W. KIMBROUGH Introduction 92 The Ascogonium 92 The Hymenium 94 General Conclusions 99 References 100 Chapter 8 The Ascocarps of Ascohymenial Pyrenomycetes 102 A. PARGUEy-LEDUC AND M. C. JANEX-FAVRE Introduction 102 Ascocarp Components 103 Ascocarp Types 112 Developmental Types 113 General Conclusions 118 References 119

6 Contents Chapter 9 The Pyrenomycete Centrum-Loculoascomycetes 124 vii E. S. LUTfRELL Introduction 124 Ascocarp Origins 125 Developmental Patterns 127 General Conclusions 135 References 136 Chapter 10 The Lecanoralean Centrum 138 A. HENSSEN Introduction 138 Main Lines of Ascocarp Development 139 General Conclusions 230 References 232 Index 235

7 Contributors A. Beckett, Department of Botany, Bristol University, Bristol, England, ChaJr ter 2 A. Bellemere, Laboratoire de Mycologie, Ecole Normale Superieure de Saint Cloud, Saint-Cloud, France, Chapter 5 A. Henssen, Fachbereich Biologie, Botanik, Marburg-Lahn, F.R.G., Chapter 10 M. C. Janex-Favre, Laboratoire de Cryptogamie, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, Chapter 8 G. Keuck, Institut für Landwirtschaftliche Botanik der Universität, Bonn, F.R.G., Chapter 10 J. W. Kimbrough, Department of Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA, Chapter 7 M. A. Letrouit-Galinou, Laboratoire de Cryptogamie, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, Chapter 5 E. S. Luttrell, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA, Chapter 9 D. Malloch, Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Chapter 6 E. Müller, Institut für Spezielle Botanik, Technische Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland, Chapter 4 A. Parguey-Leduc, Laboratoire de Cryptogamie, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, Chapter 8 B. Renner, Fachbereich Biologie, Botanik, Marburg-Lahn, F.R.G., Chapter 10 J. van Brummelen, Department of Mycology, Rijksherbarium, Leiden, Netherlands, Chapter 3 G. Vobis, Fachbereich Biologie, Botanik, Marburg-Lahn, F.R.G., Chapter 10 Acknowledgment Many thanks to Sterling Keeleyand David M. Minor for their assistance in the preparation of this volume.