An oogonium is a small diploid cell which, upon maturation, forms a primordial follicle in a female fetus or the female gametangium of certain thallophytes.
A Thalassiosira pseudonana diatom oogonium beginning to expand through the cell wall. Artificial coloring denotes chlorophyll (blue) and DNA (red).
The oomycetes, or Oomycota, form a distinct phylogenetic lineage of fungus-like eukaryotic microorganisms within the Stramenopiles. They are filamentous and heterotrophic, and can reproduce both sexua
Oogonium
…oogonium refers to a female gametangium if the union of the male (motile or non-motile) and the female gamete takes place within this structure. In Oomycota and some other organisms, the female oogonia, and the male equivalent antheridia, are a result of sexual sporulation, i.e. the development of structures…
Sexual structures (only oogonia, antheridia not shown) of Saprolegnia.[citation needed]
Pythium sp. (Peronosporales), which causes pythiosis in animals, under microscope.
Symptom of late blight (P. infestans, Peronosporales) on the underside of a potato leaf.
Albugo candida (Albuginales) on shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris, Brassicales).