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Definition of Conidium
1. Noun. An asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore.
Definition of Conidium
1. n. A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoöspores.
Definition of Conidium
1. Noun. A fungal spore produced asexually in a conidiophore. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Conidium
1. a fungus spore [n -NIDIA] : CONIDIAL, CONIDIAN [adj]
Medical Definition of Conidium
1. Asexual spore of fungus, borne at the tip of a specialised hypha (conidiophore). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conidium
Literary usage of Conidium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1906)
"The partition-wall which cuts off the multinucleate conidium is here completed.
The slimy enucleate protoplasm of the basal cell appears to be but little ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"At the end a pear-shaped (ob-pyriform as shown in the figures) conidium, ...
A second conidium is sometimes developed from the side of the first one, ..."
3. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1905)
"Lev. the conidiophores bear often only a single conidium (fig. ... In its size
and variable shape the conidium agrees perfectly with that of E. Polygoni. ..."
4. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"conidium becoming a swarm sporangium, conidiophore short, irregular in form ...
conidium germinating by means of a germ tube. a. conidium provided with a ..."
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