ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Rod-shaped spores of the fungal plant pathogen Cylindrocladium (1000X).

Conidiospores of the fungal plant pathogen Colletotrichum on Anthurium.

Definition

A conidium (pl. conidia) an asexual, nonmotile fungal spore that develops externally or is liberated from the cell that formed it.

Conidiogenesis is the formation of asexual spores (conidia).

A conidiophore is a simple or branched hypha on which conidia are produced.