Surface rodlets of Tilletia indica teliospores.
Tilletia indica teliospores were studied by use of thin sections and freeze-etch replicas. Surfaces of these spores have rodlet patterns which differ from those previously reported for spores of other fungi. The rodlets on T. indica teliospores average 240 nm in length and are not grouped into fascicles.
D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000502:physiology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014587:Ustilaginales / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure