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What is an appressorium?

What is an appressorium? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (mycology) a bulbous formation produced by parasitic fungi that is well attached to the cuticle of the host and from where a peg-shaped hypha is formed that penetrates the cuticle
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Occasionally a germ tube or immature appressorium is observed which suggests that f urther study is warranted.
The mechanical pressure exerted by the appressorium is generated from physiological processes that increase intracellular turgor by producing osmolytes such as glycerol.
Hyphae also can grow from one vessel member to another through perforated end walls as well as directly through secondary wall material by using an appressorium.
This structure, called an appressorium, then produces the probes that penetrate the plant tissue.
Some hyphae were also seen forming what appear to be an appressorium.

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