Scanning electron microscopic study of vegetative mycelium of higher Basidiomycetes

The morphological character of vegetative mycelium was studied in eight species of higher Basidiomycetes by scanning electron microscopy. Morphology and variability of anastomoses, hyphal outgrowths, ornamentation and exudates, together with other irregularities in the form of hyphae are described and discussed from the point of view of their possible significance in the culture identification and taxonomic exploitation at the species level. Some of the morphological structures as observed in the scanning electron microscope are described here for the first time.