Introduction to Fungi, Third Edition

58 PROTOZOA: PLASMODIOPHOROMYCOTA
Fig 3.3 Plasmodiophora brassicae.(a)T.S.
through young infected cabbage root showing
secondary (sporogenic) plasmodia in the
cortex. Note the hypertrophy of some of the
host cells containing plasmodia, and the
presence of young plasmodia in cells
immediately outside the xylem. (b) T.S. cabbage
root at a later stage of infection, showing the
formation of resting spores. (c) Primary
(zoosporangial) plasmodium in cabbage root
hair 4 days after planting in a heavily
contaminated soil. (d) Young primary
zoosporangia in root hair. Note the
club-shaped swelling of the infected root hair.
(e) Mature and discharged primary
zoosporangia. a and b to same scale; (c e) to
same scale.
Fig 3.4 Plasmodiophora brassicae. (a) Resting
spores, one full, one empty (showing a pore in
the wall). (b) Zoospore. (c) Attachment of
zoospore to root hair. (d) Zoospore cyst with
adhesorium following withdrawal of flagellar
axonemes. (e) Entry of amoeba into root hair.
Based on Aist and Williams (1971).