Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Lab Summary 10/17/12

Neurospora crassa cross observations.  Perithicia were maturing but not yet ready (ascospores had not yet "shot" from the perithicia) to pick individual ascospores.
Neurospora crassa conidia















Crosses of Neurospora crassa 
resulting in perithiucia formation
on minimal Vogel's media


Squash mount of Neurospora crassa 
perithicium showing asci and ascospores
























Field collected specimens were available for observation.  We were challenged to classify them as either Ascomycetes or Basidiomycetes.

Basidiomycete
Basidiomycete

Basidiomycete

Basidiomycete

Ascomycete

Ascomycete

Basidiomycete

Basidiomycete

Basidiomycete



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