#teleomorph

Teleomorphs of an Ascomycete (this was a cup fungi but the term refers to any fungi producing spores on what is referred to as the ascus). These are shown under the microscope with Lugol's solution at a recent fungal microscopy workshop. My last fungal microscopy workshop was on Basidiomycetes and it was cool to see the difference in cutting pieces of specimens to make slides, and the difference in spore-bearing structures under magnification. Lugol's solutions and other reagents can loosen tissues and dissolve pigments and mucilage, making spores easier to observe. Reagents can also produce color changing reactions that can inform species identification