Spherocyst

This article is about cells in fungi. For the pathologically altered red blood cells, see spherocyte .

Sphaerocysts are spherical cells in the tissue of fungal fruit bodies . Among other things, they occur in the Velum of Amanita species. Characteristic is the presence of sphaerocysts in the tissue of the fruiting bodies of the Russulales , especially of deafblings and milkweed , which leads to the characteristic apple-like breaking behavior, from which the name brittle leaves is derived.

literature

• Heinrich Dörfelt , Gottfried Jetschke (Ed.): Dictionary of mycology. 2nd Edition. Spectrum, Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg et al. 2001, ISBN 3-8274-0920-9 .