Fig. 2
From: Arms and ammunitions: effectors at the interface of rice and it’s pathogens and pests
The infection strategy of M. oryzae. The spore of the fungi germinates and generates an appressorium. The appressorium penetrates the barriers of cuticle and cell wall, extending the invasive hyphae (IH), invaginating the plant plasma membrane. This plant plasma membrane covering the IH is known as the extrainvasive hyphal membrane (EIHM) and the matrix between the plant and fungal plasma membranes forms the extrainvasive hyphal matrix (EIHMx). The first bulbous IH forms in the biotrophic invasion complex (BIC), which is the specialised region of EIHMx for fungal secretions. EIHMx forms the interface for interactions between the plant and fungi. The fungal IH continue to grow in the plant invading new cells and forming new BIC regions through plasmodesmata