Bread mould. False-colour scanning electron micrograph of a fruiting body,or sporangium,of the common bread mould Mucor mucedo. Fungal spores circulate freely in the air. When they alight on a favourable medium,the spores germinate to produce a network of threads,known as hyphae,which function to absorb food for growth & spore production. A sporangium grows at the end of a specialised hypha called a sporangiophore. The sporangium's wall cracks under pressure & disintegrates,releasing the spores for new dispersal. Magnification: x325 at 6x4.5cm size. JBU colouring: yellow/orange with green background. BW original is B250/339 | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Burgess, Dr. Jeremy |
Taille de l’image : | 3951 px × 4765 px |
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