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252 Jan Dijksterhuis and Robert A. Samson<br />

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Figure 3. Germ<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g ascospores of T. macrosporus. In the top panel (A) an<br />

unprosilited cell (left) and a fully prosilited spore (middle) are shown. At the right a<br />

spore <strong>in</strong> the process of prosilition is captured. The outer cell wall has opened and the<br />

smooth <strong>in</strong>ner cell wall is visible. In the middle panel (B) two fully prosilited spores are<br />

shown. Note the connection between the released cell and the empty outer cell wall.<br />

In the bottom panel (C), spores 6 h after heat treatment are shown, most of the<br />

swollen cells exhibit a germ tube, <strong>in</strong> one case two germ tubes are formed. Bars are<br />

1 µm (A and B) and 10 µm (C).

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