When the bud matures and is nearly as large as the parent, a cross wall is formed which separates the daughter from the mother although the two may remain attached, and the buds themselves may give rise to daughter buds in chains.
§ This chain of cell looks like a mycelium and hence is called m 'pseudomycelium'.
However, the separated mother cells have convex bud-scars whereas the daughter cells have concave birth-scars.
During its life time, a mature yeast cell may produce, by budding, an average of 24 daughter cells Since bud are always produced at different places on the cell surface, one can count the number of budscars on it.
Budding
Binary fission. Some yeasts (e.g., Schizosaccharomyces) produce asexually by binary fission, a process akin to that by which most of the bacteria reproduce.
The yeast cell swells or elongates, the nucleus divides. Like budding, cells may divide by separating so that chains of cells, the pseudomycelia, are produced.
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