conidium
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Origin of conidium
1865–70; < Greek kón ( is ) dust (akin to incinerate ) + -idium
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According to his view, the ascus is in effect the sporangium with several spores, the conidium the sporangiole with but one spore, and that not loose but fused with the sporangiole wall.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
When it has reached the front of the opening in the conidium, which is thus emptied, the mass remains immovable.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
Lastly, there is a third mode of germination which the conidia of P. infestans manifest, and which consists in the conidium emitting from its summit a simple or branched germ-tube.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
Then it isolates itself from the germ-tube by a septum, and takes all the essential characteristics of the parent conidium.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
A short time after the appearance of the vacuoles the entire conidium extends itself so that the papilla disappears.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
These spores are conidia, asexually-produced reproductive cells, and are termed a Stage I infection.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 21, 2018
Cicadas infected by conidia experience a similar infection, termed Stage II, that results in sexually-produced spores.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 21, 2018
On the other hand, propagation organs, differing from those of the sporangia and their products, belong to Mucor mucedo, which may be termed conidia.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
If, however, conidia from B. racemosus are sown on B. hordaceus, the conidia which develop on that plant are now able to infect B. commutatus; thus B. hordaceus acts as a bridging species.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Wasps, spiders, moths, and butterflies become enveloped in a kind of mould named Isaria, which constitutes the conidia of Torrubia, a genus of club-shaped Sphæriæ afterwards developed.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
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