Morphological and cytochemical characterization of spores and gills of Lepista sordida (Fungi: Basidiomycota)

Abstract

Some ultrastructural and cytochemical aspects of Lepista sordida are described. Basidiospores with verruculose and irregular ornamentations were observed through scanning electron microscopy. Confocal microscopy indicated that most of them exhibited a single large lipid body, no acidic vesicles and nucleus localized in the cell periphery.