The formation of reproductive bodies, both basidiocarps and ascocarps, involves the localized branching of extraradical hyphae, the organization of these hyphae into discrete structures, and the differentiation of the various regions of the basidiocarp. At maturity, a reproductive structure typical of the fungal species is formed either above ground (epigeous) or below ground (hypogeous). Basidiospores in the basdiomycetes, and ascospores in the ascomycetes, formed in the reproductive structures, are dispersed by various mechanisms as propagules for the fungus.

Morphology

Laccaria / Pinus

Laccaria / Pinus

Laccaria / Pinus

Laccaria / Pinus

Laccaria / Pinus

Laccaria bicolor

Laccaria bicolor

Laccaria bicolor

Laccaria bicolor

Laccaria bicolor

Laccaria / Betula

Laccaria / Betula

Laccaria / Betula

Laccaria / Betula

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SEM

Laccaria / Pinus

Laccaria / Pinus

Laccaria / Pinus

Laccaria / Pinus

Laccaria / Pinus

Laccaria / Pinus

Laccaria / Pinus

Laccaria bicolor

Laccaria bicolor

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