Rhizomorph anatomy of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Ossicaulis lignatilis</Emphasis> (Tricholomatales), with special attention to its haustoria-like intrahyphal hyphae

The stout, basidiomal rhizomorphs of the agaricoid Hymenomycete Ossicaulis lignatilis are tightly woven from thin, generative hyphae, broad tubular hyphae, and broad thromboplerous hyphae that contain numerous thin, haustorialike, intrahyphal hyphae in their deuteroplasm. The plectology and cytology of the rhizomorphs and a possible role of the thromboplerous hyphae are described and discussed.