When examined microscopically it was determined that the larvae of platypezids feed on the lamellae, including basidiospores, as well as other basidiocarp tissue. |
Vigorous trunks are infested by both basidiospores and vegetative mycelium of the pathogen. |
Their spores, called basidiospores, are produced on the gills and fall in a fine rain of powder from under the caps as a result. |
Four chains of basidiospores, the sexual spores of C. neoformans, are then produced from each basidium. |
At the microscopic level the basidiospores are shot off basidia and then fall between the gills in the dead air space. |
Using electron-scanning microscopy, Wu describes the way four basidiospores in Shiitake are formed on a basidium. |