conidium
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co·nid·i·um
, pl.co·nid·i·a
(ko-nid'ē-ŭm, -ē-ă),An asexual spore of fungi borne externally in various ways.
[Mod. L. dim. fr. G. konis, dust]
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conidium
a sexual SPORE found in certain fungi and borne on a conidiophore which is a specialized HYPHA.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005