Apical apparatus
An apical apparatus is located at the apex of many of the hose fungi , which is used to release the spores . It is either formed by a lid ( operculum ) ( operculat ) or by an annular swelling body ( inoperculat ).
literature
- Hans Otto Schwantes: Biology of the mushrooms. An introduction to applied mycology (= university paperbacks . Volume 1871 ). Ulmer, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8252-1871-6 , pp. 77 .
- H. Weber (Hrsg.): Dictionary of microbiology. Gustav Fischer, 1997, ISBN 3-437-35040-4 , p. 46.