Basidium and Basidiocarp

References.- 1 The Significance of the Morphology of the Basidium in the Phylogeny of Basidiomycetes.- Heterobasidiomycetes.- Uredinales.- Septobasidiales.- Ustilaginales s. str..- Auriculariales.- Tremellales.- Holobasidiate Taxa.- Basidiomycete Yeasts and Yeast-like Taxa.- Homobasidiomycetes.- References.- 2 Ultrastructure and Cytochemistry of Basidial and Basidiospore Development.- Basidial Initiation.- Storage Product Accumulation.- Wall Development in the Basidium.- Basidial Septation.- Sterigmal Initiation.- Basidiospore Formation.- Cytoplasmic Differentiation at the Septal Pore.- Vacuolation of Maturing Basidia.- Endomembrane System.- Other Organelles.- Experimental Control of Late Basidial Development.- Materials and Methods.- Summary and Conclusions.- References.- 3 Meiotic Divisions in the Basidium.- Methods.- The Sequence of Meiosis.- Discussion.- References.- 4 Replication of Deoxyribonucleic Acid and Crossing Over in Coprinus.- An Overview of the System.- Premeiotic DNA Replication.- Genetic Recombination.- Recombination, a Coordinated Program of the Meiotic Cell Cycle.- Concluding Remarks.- References.- 5 Biochemical and Genetic Studies on the Initial Events of Fruitbody Formation.- Detection of Fruitbody-Inducing Substance.- Regulation of Cyclic AMP Level and Fruiting.- Existence of Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases.- Regulation of Glycogen Metabolism by Cyclic AMP.- Possible Role of Cyclic AMP in Fruiting.- References.- 6 Control of Stipe Elongation by the Pileus and Mycelium in Fruitbodies of Flammulina velutipes and Other Agaricales.- Role of the Pileus in Stipe Elongation of Agaricales.- Relationship Between Stipe Elongation and the Mycelium.- Plant Growth Regulators and Nucleotides in Relation to Fruitbody Growth.- Recent Studies on Flammulina velutipes.- Discussion.- References.- 7 Metabolic Control of Fruitbody Morphogenesis in Coprinus cinereus.- Materials and Methods.- Results.- Discussion.- Concluding Remarks.- References.- Author Index.