  The fundamental germ is a generalization of $\pi_{1}$, first defined for
laminations which arise through group actions in math.DG/0506270. In this
paper, the fundamental germ is extended to any lamination having a dense leaf
admitting a smooth structure. In addition, an amplification of the fundamental
germ called the mother germ is constructed, which is, unlike the fundamental
germ, a topological invariant. The fundamental germs of the antenna lamination
and the $PSL(2,\Z)$ lamination are calculated, laminations for which the
definition in math.DG/0506270 was not available. The mother germ is used to
give a proof of a Nielsen theorem for the algebraic universal cover of a closed
surface of hyperbolic type.
