After meiosis, the four meiotic products undergo an additional mitotic division to yield eight haploid nuclei, which differentiate into an octad of eight ascospores. |
Fully developed ascospores within intact asci could be identified by their red pigmentation. |
As the spores grow, fluid pressure builds up in the ascus until the operculum bursts open and the ascospores are blown out into the environment. |
The spores of Ferns, ascospores, and some conidia are also liberated explosively. |
Over the 24-hr period of growth, GR5 ascospores germinated and formed small colonies visible without magnification. |
These latter are thus seen to be carpospores, comparable to those of Red Alg, and to the ascospores of ascomycetes. |