conidiophore

American

[koh-nid-ee-uh-fawr, -fohr, kuh-] / koʊˈnɪd i əˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr, kə- /

noun

Botany.

(in fungi) a special stalk or branch of the mycelium, bearing conidia.

conidiophore British

/ kə-, kəʊˈnɪdɪəˌfɔː, kəʊˌnɪdɪˈɒfərəs /

noun

a simple or branched hypha that bears spores (conidia) in such fungi as Penicillium

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conidiophore Scientific

/ kə-nĭd′ē-ə-fôr′ /

An asexual reproductive structure that develops at the tip of a fungal hypha and produces conidia.

Other Word Forms

conidiophorous

adjective

Etymology

Origin of conidiophore

1880–85; conidio- (combining form of conidium ) + -phore

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Micrograph shows Aspergillus mycelia, which look like long threads, and a spherical conidiophore about 40 microns across.

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