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The formation of cell walls during the appressorium formation inColletotrichum lagenarium was observed by electron microscope on the materials prepared by replicas and sectioning. The outer layer of conidia cell walls ruptured at the time of germination and the inner layer bulged out to form a germ tube. The germ tubes and primordia of appressoria had smooth surface and were consisted of one-layered cell wall. However, as the appressorium matured, the electron dense materials appeared on the outer surface of the cell wall which grew into granules. These granules are believed to form the outer layer of appressoria. The under side of the appressorium in contact with the glass surface showed a round pore.
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Ishida, N., Akai, S. Electron microscopic observation of cell wall structure during appressorium formation in Colletotrichum lagenarium. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 35, 68–74 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02053281
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