File:EB1911 Fungi - Mucor Mucedo - stages of the zygospore.jpg

DescriptionEB1911 Fungi - Mucor Mucedo - stages of the zygospore.jpg	English: Mucor Mucedo. Different stages in the formation and germination of the zygospore.
Date	published 1911
Source	Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 11, 1911, “Fungi,” fig. 6, p. 338.
Author	From Strasburger’s Lehrbuch der Botanik. After Brefeld, 1-4. 5 from v. Tavel, Pilze.
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1, Two conjugating branches in contact.

2, Septation of the conjugating cells (a) from the suspensors (b).

3, More advanced stage, the conjugating cells (a) are still distinct from one another; the warty thickenings of their walls have commenced to form.

4, Ripe zygospore (b) between the suspensors (a).

5, Germinating zygospore with a germ-tube bearing a sporangium.