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The ich1 gene of the mushroom Coprinus cinereus is essential for pileus formation in fruiting.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Aug 1998
Muraguchi H, Kamada T
Abstract excerpt
The formation of the pileus in homobasidiomycete fungi is essential for sexual reproduction, because the pileus bears the hymenium, a layer of cells that includes the specialised basidia in which nuclear fusion, meiosis and sporulation occur. The developmental mutant ichijiku of Coprinus cinereus fails to develop a differentiated pileus at the apex of the primordial shaft, which is the basal part of the...
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