fungal sclerotium formation

Trait evidence (5)

• DOI:10.1128/AEM.00565-08

  Aspergillus flavus differentiates to produce asexual dispersing spores (conidia) or overwintering survival structures called sclerotia.

  Horowitz Brown et al. (2008), PMID:18658287, PMC2547031; scientific abstract retrieved through Europe PMC and checked against publisher/PMC HTML. The XML endpoint failed; full text was read as HTML. Introduction, growth/density Methods, first Results subsection, Table 1 and actual Figure 1 were inspected. NRRL 3357 was tested at 29 C for seven days in darkness on glucose minimal medium with sorbitol. Figure 1A reports log10 sclerotial dry mass per plate, not raw body counts despite the abstract's number wording. Density association does not identify the proposed quorum factor. Other figures, supplements and natural strain provenance were not inspected; no additional canonical example or universal LOX mechanism is inferred.

• DOI:10.3390/jof9070737

  WT and ΔSSA-178C formed black mature sclerotia on the colonies and at the rim of the Petri dishes

  Wang et al. (2023), PMID:37504726, PMC10381867; full-text XML, Results 3.3. Methods 2.1/2.6, Discussion and actual Figures 3-4 were inspected. WT 1980 was observed on PDA at 20 C after 10/15 days and on autoclaved carrot slices after 20 days. Colony photographs are Figure 3A; the Results' Figure 3B pointers for maturation are misplaced because 3B plots growth. Figure 4C/D report bodies and total air-dried mass per flask, not mass per body. Delayed maturation is not complete loss of formation; do not infer rescue of every cortex measurement or survival duration. Other figures and supplements were not inspected.

• DOI:10.1016/j.micres.2019.126326

  there are no structural differences in the three stages of formation of melanized and non-melanized sclerotium.

  2019 microscopy study, PMID:31493702; directly retrieved Europe PMC scientific abstract only. The authors report development on PDA and compare melanized/non-melanized Sclerotinia sclerotiorum structures by microscopy and histochemistry. This supports not requiring melanization in the definition; the quoted observation is not a claim of identical composition or preserved function in every respect. Full text, figures, supplements, the treatment producing non-melanized structures and strain provenance were not inspected. No canonical example or transcript-inferred biochemical pathway is asserted.

• DOI:10.1128/spectrum.02084-21

  There are different types of sclerotia-like fungal structures, such as the true sclerotia, the pseudosclerotia, the small sclerotia, and the microsclerotia.

  2022 primary study, PMID:35080446, PMC8791194; Introduction read directly as full-text XML. This passage is a terminology classification, not a new experimental observation. The authors distinguish tissue organization, host-material incorporation and developmental origins across these forms. Preserve that attributed distinction rather than imposing one size, three-layer anatomy or pure-fungal composition on every usage. Detailed equivalence/subclass mapping remains unresolved. Experimental Results, figures, supplements and strain provenance were not inspected; no universal ROS mechanism or additional canonical example is claimed.

• DOI:10.2478/s11658-007-0047-5

  Sclerotization only took place when the plasmodia were starved and very slowly dried.

  Krzywda et al. (2008; online 2007), PMID:17965965, PMC6275577; scientific abstract read directly in full-text XML. Fuligo septica forms a dormant plasmodial state also called a sclerotium. This nonfungal usage motivates the explicit fungal scope; it is not a mycelial exemplar or an exact synonym of this trait. The reported dehydration conditions and pigment/viability observations are not transferred to fungi. Methods, figures and natural-isolate provenance were not inspected.