promycelium

• Sustantivo que designa la basidia de algunos hongos, una estructura especializada que interviene en la producción de esporas, o bien el micelio rudimentario o tubo germinativo formado a partir de la espora.

A noun referring to the basidium of certain fungi, which is a specialized structure involved in spore production.

1. Fungal structureC2formalscientific

   A short, often septate, hypha that emerges from a germinating teliospore or other resting spore, bearing sporidia or basidiospores; the basidium of various fungi, especially rusts and smuts.

   Promicelio

   • The promycelium develops after the teliospore germinates.
   • In rust fungi, the promycelium produces basidiospores.
   • The structure of the promycelium is key to identifying the species.

   Sinónimosbasidium