Spore wall development in Sphagnum lescurii
- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Botany
- Vol. 60 (11), 2394-2409
- https://doi.org/10.1139/b82-293
Abstract
The spore wall of Sphagnum is unique in the Bryophyta. The Sphagnum spore exine consists of 2 layers; an inner, lamellate layer (A layer) and a thick, homogenous, outer layer (B layer). The exine of other mosses consists of only the outermost homogenous layer and, at most, a thin ill-defined opaque layer. During development of the A-layer exine and the intine, a cortical system of evenly spaced microtubules underlies the plasma membrane. The ontogeny of the wall layers is not strictly centripetal. The A-layer exine develops evenly around the young spore immediately after cytokinesis. As the intine is deposited centripetally inside it, the homogenous B-layer exine is deposited outside the first-formed A layer. The B layer is responsible for the primary sculpturing of the spore surface. The mature spore is covered by an outermost perine, which is responsible for secondary surface ornamentation. A trilaesurate aperture develops on the proximal surface of each spore after deposition of the A layer. Ridges of the laesurae develop as a result of deposition of thick areas of intine. The ridges are eventually covered by the outer wall layers, whereas the fissure is covered only by the A layer and a very thin B-layer exine. The complex development of the trilaesurate aperture is evidence that the structure is not merely a mechanically induced trilete mark or scar resulting from compression of tetrahedrally arranged spores within a sporocyte wall.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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