Definition of Paraphyses. Meaning of Paraphyses. Synonyms of Paraphyses

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Definition of Paraphyses

Paraphyses
Paraphysis Pa*raph"y*sis, n.; pl. Paraphyses. [NL., fr. Gr. ? beside + ? growth.] (Bot.) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.

Meaning of Paraphyses from wikipedia

- Paraphyses are erect sterile filament-like support structures occurring among the reproductive apparatuses of fungi, ferns, bryophytes and some thallophytes...
- Geoglossum difforme paraphyses, 800X total magnification. Geoglossum simile paraphyses, 800X total magnification. Geoglossum cookeanum paraphyses, 800X total...
- cells develop into sterile cells called cystidia (basidiomycetes) or paraphyses (ascomycetes). Cystidia are often important for microscopic identification...
- The paraphyses, hyaline at the base and brown in the upper regions, are 4–11 μm wide, and longer than the asci. Cells at the end of the paraphyses are...
- stinkhorns. Inters****d among the asci are threadlike sterile cells called paraphyses. Similar structures called cystidia often occur within the hymenium of...
- gall-like or blister-like tissues of the hosts. The asci form a layer lacking paraphyses, and they lack croziers. The ascospores frequently bud into multiple yeast...
- plurivora, but can be distinguished by its conidial dimensions. Also, the paraphyses of the former are up to 95μm long and 4μm wide, whereas those of L. plurivora...
- upper layer of erect filaments (paraphyses) with brownish tips, and contains asci with brownish ascospores; the paraphyses originate from a layer called...
- surface and a cup-shaped margin containing golden-yellow crystals. The paraphyses within are slender and branched, and the asci contain ellipsoid spores...
- spindle-shaped, contains two to four oil droplets, and measure 14–25 by 7.5–9 μm. Paraphyses are shaped like narrow cylinders about 2 μm thick, and have rounded tips...