A very fine hypha, called trichogyne emerges from one gametangium, the " ascogonium ", and merges with a gametangium ( the " antheridium " ) of the other fungal isolate.
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The male organ is also large, bright yellow or red in colour, spherical in shape, and is usually termed an antheridium, though some workers regard it as a multiple structure rather than a single organ.
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It is a short-lived and inconspicuous heart-shaped structure typically 2 5 millimeters wide, with a number of rhizoids ( root-like hairs ) growing underneath, and the sex organs : archegonium ( female ) and antheridium ( male ).
