germ tube
noun
botany a tube produced by a germinating spore, such as the pollen tube produced by a pollen grain
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Then it isolates itself from the germ-tube by a septum, and takes all the essential characteristics of the parent conidium.
Fungi: Their Nature and UsesMordecai Cubitt Cooke