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| A mat of hyphae bearing short conidiophores packed closely together. |
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| Conidia born at the tip of the conidiophore. |
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| A chain of conidia in which the youngest conidium is at the tip and the oldest is at the base. |
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| Conidia developing at the tip and along the sides of the conidiophore. |
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| A large, globose, thick-walled conidium, usually produced by Emmonsia (Chrysosporium) parvum, in the lungs of humans and animals. |
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| Hyphal elements growing above the agar surface. |
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| A group of carcinogenic mycotoxins produced by some species of Aspergillus. |
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| Common name for any member of the order Agaricales (Basidiomycota). |
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| Aleurioconidium (pl. aleurioconidia) |
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| A thallic conidium released by lysis or fracture of the supporting cell. |
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| Ameroconidium (pl. ameroconidium) |
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| An asexual state of a fungus. |
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| A specialized conidiogenous cell producing conidia in basipetal succession by a series of short percurrent proliferations (annellations). The tip of an annellide increases in length and becomes narrower as each subsequent conidium is formed. |
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| Annelloconidium (pl. annelloconidia) |
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| A conidium produced by an annellide. |
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| A swelling. The term is primarily applied to the funnel-shaped swelling of a sporangiophore, immediately below the columella, seen in some zygomycetes. |
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| Open, cup-shaped ascocarp produced by some species belonging to the Ascomycota. |
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| Mycorrhizas formed by fungi belonging to the Glomeromycota. |
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| Minute, tree-like hyphal branching structures produced within host plant cells by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. |
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| A type of conidial ontogeny involving the conversion and subsequent disarticulation of a determinant conidiogenous hypha. |
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| Arthroconidium (pl. arthroconidia) |
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| A thallic conidium released by either the splitting of a double septum or by the fragmentation or lysis of a disjunctor cell. |
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| Asexual spore formed by the septation and fragmentation of a hypha. |
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| Fruiting body of fungi belonging to the Ascomycota, bearing asci. |
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| A fruiting body containing asci and ascospores. |
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| A dikaryotic hypha emerging from an ascogonium after fertilization, which gives rise to asci in fungi belonging to the Ascomycota. |
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| Female gametangium in fungi of the Ascomycota, which contains cells that are fertilized during sexual reproduction. |
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| A group of fungi that reproduce sexually by the endogenous formation of ascospores in an ascus. |
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| Referring to the Ascomycetes. |
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| A haploid spore produced within an ascus following karyogamy and meiosis. |
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| Sexual spores of fungi belonging to the Ascomycota, borne in asci. |
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| An ascocarp bearing asci directly in cavities within a compact mass of hyphae. |
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| A sac-like cell containing ascospores. Asci are characteristic of the Ascomycetes. |
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| Cell(s) containing ascospores in fungi of the Ascomycota. |
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| Lacking septa, often pertaining to the hyphae seen in zygomycetes (also see coenocytic). |
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| Reproduction NOT involving karyogamy and meiosis. |
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| Ballistoconidium (pl. ballistoconidia) |
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| A conidium that is forcible discharged. |
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| Fruiting body of fungi of the Basidiomycota, bearing basidia. |
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| A group of fungi that reproduce sexually by the exogenous formation of basidiospores from a basidium. |
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| A haploid spore produced on a basidium following karyogamy and meiosis. |
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| Sexual spores of fungi belonging to the Basidiomycota. |
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| A cell that gives rise to a basidiospore. Basidia are characteristic of the Basidiomycetes. |
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| Enlarged terminal cell of a hypha, bearing basidiospores. |
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| A chain of conidia, the oldest conidium is at the apex and the youngest is at the base. |
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| A chain of conidia having the youngest cell at the base. |
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| The use of microorganisms to remove or detoxify toxic or unwanted chemicals in an environment. |
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| Obtaining nutrients from living host cells without killing them. |
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| Blastoconidia developing at the opposite poles of a parent cell. |
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| Phialides arising from metulae as in the genus Aspergillus. |
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| Two or rarely three levels of branching directly below the phialides as in the genus Penicillium. |
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| A form of conidial development where there is a recognizable enlargement or "blowing out" of a conidial initial before being delimited by a septum. |
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| Conidium arising from a yeast cell or hypha as a result of elongation and swelling before separation by a septum. |
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| A chain of conidia having the youngest cell at the tip. |
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| Blastoconidium (pl. blastoconidia) |
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| An asexual conidium that forms by a blowing out or budding process. |
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| A young conidium. Usually used to denote the young blastoconidia of yeasts. |
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| Asexual multiplication by the production of a small outgrowth or bud from a parent cell. |
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| A hyaline mucopolysaccharide sheath around the cell wall of certain yeasts e.g. Cryptococcus and Rhodotorula. |
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| Conidia arranged in chains. |
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| Apparatus used in a continuous culture system. |
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| Chlamydoconidium (pl. Chlamydoconidia) |
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| A thick-walled, thallic conidium formed within the vegetative hyphae. Chlamydoconidia function as organs of perennation rather than dissemination. |
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| Thick-walled, melanized thallic conidium that develops from an existing hyphal compartment and that functions as a resting spore. |
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| A specialized hyphal bridge over a septum in the Basidiomycetes. |
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| Cleistothecium (pl. cleistothecia) |
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| An enclosed ascocarp containing randomly dispersed asci. |
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| A completely closed fruiting body formed by some fungi of the Ascomycota, containing asci. |
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| Infrequently septate, multi-nucleate hyphae as in the Zygomycetes. |
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| A small collar. Usually, a remnant of a cell wall present at the tip of a phialide, or around a sporangiophore. |
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| A group of individuals of the same species living in close association; for fungi, usually refers to a group of many yeast cells or a mycelium originating from a single point, cell or spore. |
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| Columella (pl. columellae) |
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| A sterile dome-like structure at the tip of a sporangiophore or within a sporangium. |
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| A curved cross-wall extending from the tip of a sporangiophore into the sporangium. |
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| A cell that forms conidia. |
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| A hypha giving rise to conidia. |
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| A specialized hypha upon which conidia develop. |
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| An asexual reproductive propagule formed in any manner that does not involve cytoplasmic cleavage. Conidia function as organs of dissemination. |
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| Asexual spore supported on a hypha, NOT contained in a sporangium. |
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| Structure of aggregated hyphae bearing conidia at their tips. |
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| Having a loose and coarse texture. |
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| Cylindric, having parallel walls and circular cross-section. |
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| A dark brown, greenish gray or black colour. |
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| A small projection or peg on which conidia are produced. |
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| A fungus belonging to the genera Epidermophyton, Microsporum, or Trichophyton with the ability to utilize keratin to infect hair, nail and skin. |
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| The conidiophore does not alter in length after the formation of conidia. |
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| An artificial subdivision to accommodate those fungi where only the asexual state is known. |
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| A type of hyphal branching into two equal forks. |
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| Dictyoconidium (pl. dictyoconidia) |
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| A conidium with both longitudinal and transverse septa; a muriform conidium. |
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| Didmoconidium (pl. didymoconidia) |
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| A hyphal compartment, mycelium or fungal cell occupied by a pair or pairs of closely associated, genetically different, sexually compatible nuclei. |
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| Having two different morphological forms. |
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| An empty cell that fragments and/or undergoes lysis to release a conidium. |
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| Septum with elaborate ultrastructure, found in fungi belonging to the Basidiomycota. |
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| A characteristic septum found in the Basidiomycetes that flares out near the pore to form an elongate channel. |
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| A two layered septum that may undergo centripetal separation (schizolysis) to release a conidium. |
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| Having a short and dense mycelial texture. |
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| Covered with delicate spines. |
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| Natural hair invasion by a dermatophyte characterized by arthroconidia on the outside of the hair shaft. |
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| Oval, with a symmetric curve. |
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| Formation of a thick wall, e.g. around a zoospore after it settles and loses its flagellum(a). |
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| A spore produced within a spherule. |
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| Natural hair invasion by a dermatophyte characterized by the development of arthroconidia within the hair shaft only. |
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| An enzyme whose action on a substrate takes place outside the cell's protoplasm. |
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| Droplets of fluid formed on the surface of a colony. |
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| A ring of mushrooms produced at the edge of an underground mycelium. |
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| A tube originating from the male gametangium and penetrating the female gametangium; through which the male gametes (nuclei) are transferred. |
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| A basal cell of a conidiophore as seen in Aspergillus and Fusarium. |
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| Large spore-bearing structure produced by species belonging to the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. |
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| Spindle-shaped, tapering toward the end. |
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| A structure specialized for the production of gametes during sexual reproduction. |
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| The initial hypha that develops from a conidium or spore. |
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| A thinner area of spore wall through which a germ-tube emerges. |
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| An immature hypha emerging from a spore. |
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| Conidia aggregated in slimy heads at the tip of an annellide or phialide. |
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| Containing one or more oil droplets. |
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| Gymnothecium (pl. gymnothecia) |
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| A non-ostiolate ascocarp composed of loosely interwoven hyphae and containing randomly dispersed asci. |
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| A fungus that requires mating between two compatible strains for sexual reproduction to occur. |
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| The requirement for two compatible mating types for sexual reproduction; self-sterility. |
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| A scar at the base of a conidium. |
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| A mode of blastic conidium ontogeny in which all the cell wall layers of the conidiogenous cell are involved in conidium development. |
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| A mode of thallic conidium ontogeny in which all the cell wall layers of the conidiogenous cell are involved in conidium development. |
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| A fungus capable of sexual reproduction on a single thallus. |
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| A second mating type is NOT required for sexual reproduction; self-fertility. |
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| Thick-walled cells with characteristic thin-walled pores, usually associated with cleistothecia of Aspergillus. |
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| A prefix meaning hyaline to lightly coloured. |
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| The surface of a fruiting body on which sexually produced spores are borne in asci (Ascomycota) or on basidia (Basidiomycota). |
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| A single filament of a fungus. |
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| Filamentous structure which exhibits apical growth and which is the developmental unit of a mycelium. |
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| A class of mycelial moulds which reproduce asexually by conidia on hyphae or aggregations of hyphae. |
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| A strain of a fungus brought into pure culture (i.e. isolated) from a specific environment. |
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| Term sometimes applied to the Tremellales (belonging to the Basidiomycota). |
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| The fusion of nuclei, preceding the production of sexual spores. |
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| Shaped like a double convex lens. |
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| A symbiotic association between green or blue-green algal cells and fungal hyphae. |
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| Macroconidium (pl. macroconidia) |
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| The larger of two different types of conidia produced by a fungus in the same manner. |
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| Having a conidiophore that is morphologically different from the vegetative hyphae. |
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| Merosporangium (pl. merosporangia) |
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| A small cylindrical sporangium with the sporangiospores aligned in a row. |
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| A sterile cell below the phialides of some Aspergillus and Penicillium species. |
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| Microconidium (pl. microconidia) |
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| The smaller of two different types of conidia produced by a fungus in the same manner. |
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| Having a conidiophore that is not morphologically different from the vegetative hyphae. |
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| A hyphal compartment, mycelium or fungal cell occupied by nuclei of a single genotype. |
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| Blastoconidia developing at different sites on the surface of a parent cell. |
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| A conidium with both longitudinal and transverse septa. |
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| The mass of hyphae making up the thallus of a fungus. |
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| A branching network of hyphae. |
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| The fungal component of a lichen. |
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| A fungus capable of parasitising another fungus. |
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| Protein of fungal origin, particularly from mycelial species. |
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| A symbiotic association between a plant root and fungal hyphae. |
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| A general term for a toxin produced by a fungus. |
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| An amoeboid cell, particularly of the Myxomycota. |
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| A fungus that kills the cells of a living host and then utilizes those cells as a source of nutrients. |
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| Club-shaped in reverse; the distal region is smaller. |
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| Pear-shaped in reverse; the distal region is larger. |
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| A form of asexual spore involved in bringing about dikaryotization in fungi belonging to the Basidiomycota. |
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| A female gamete within an oogonium. |
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| A diploid spore produced by species belonging to the Oomycota. |
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| An opening or pore in an ascocarp or a pycnidium. |
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| Like the teeth of a comb. |
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| A film-like or skin-like surface growth. |
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| Penicillus (pl. penicilli) |
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| The brush-like conidiophore of Penicillium. |
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| Conidiogenous cell growth where a new axis grows through the previous apex. |
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| The outer wall of an ascocarp. |
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| Perithecium (pl. perithecia) |
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| An enclosed ascocarp characterized an apical ostiole and by asci arranged in a basal tuft or hymenium layer. |
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| A flask-shaped fruiting-body produced by some species of the Ascomycota; from the neck of which asci are discharged. |
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| A prefix meaning darkly pigmented. |
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| A specialized conidiogenous cell that produces conidia in basipetal succession without increasing in length. |
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| Phialoconidium (pl. phialoconidia) |
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| A conidium produced from a phialide. |
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| The algal component of a lichen. |
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| Phragmoconidium (pl. phragmoconidia) |
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| A conidium having two or more transverse septa. |
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| Having more than one form. |
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| Born on the sides of a conidiophore or hyphae. |
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| Poroconidium (pl. poroconidia) |
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| A conidium produced through a small pore in a conidiogenous cell. |
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| A string of elongated blastoconidia formed in some yeasts that resemble a hypha-like filament. |
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| An asexual fruiting body containing conidia. |
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| A hollow, flask-shaped structure lined with conidiophores bearing conidia. |
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| The commercial trademark for a range of food products containing mycoprotein. |
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| An extension of a sympodial proliferating conidiogenous cell bearing conidia. |
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| A hypha composed of a number of cells swollen at one end resembling a tennis racquet. |
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| Growth from the centre, e.g. of a fungal colony. |
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| A spore with prolonged survival potential, or a spore that is in a state of dormancy. |
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| Retrogressive conidial development |
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| The conidiogenesis cell becomes shorter during the successive development of conidia. |
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| A fine filamentous structure which grows into the substrate and anchors the cell or surface mycelium. |
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| A short branching root-like hyphae seen in some Zygomycetes. |
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| Using dead organisms as a source of nutrients. |
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| A mass of thick-walled cells formed by the vegetative hyphae that function as an organ of perennation. |
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| Having a conidiophore that is only slightly morphologically different from the vegetative hyphae. |
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| Reproduction involving karyogamy and meiosis. |
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| A small sporangium producing a small number of sporangiospores. |
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| A hypha which bears a sporangium |
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| A specialized hypha that bears a sporangium. |
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| An asexual spore borne in a sporangium. |
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| An asexual spore produced within a sporangium. |
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| Sporangium (pl. sporangia) |
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| A sac-like structure producing asexual spores endogenously by cytoplasmic cleavage. |
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| A specialized cell containing sporangiospores. |
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| a reproductive propagule formed by either meiosis or mitosis. However, if by asexual means, cleavage of cytoplasm is usually involved. |
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| Sporodochium (pl. sporodochia) |
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| A cushion-shaped mass of hyphae bearing conidiophores. |
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| Sterigma (pl. sterigmata) |
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| A small pointed structure upon which a basidiospore forms. |
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| A small outgrowth which supports a sporangium, a conidium or a basidiospore. |
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| The stalk of a mushroom or toadstool. |
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| A running hypha from which rhizoids and sporangiospores arise. |
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| Having lines or minute furrows. |
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| Not quite round or spherical. |
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| A mode of conidiogenous cell growth which results in the development of conidia on a geniculate or zig-zag rachis. |
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| A group of erect conidiophores that are cemented together producing conidia at the apex and/or along the sides. |
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| The sexual state of a fungus. |
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| A mode of conidial ontogeny where a conidium is formed from a pre-existing hyphal segment or cell. |
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| Conidia formed as a result of the septation and fragmentation of a hypha. |
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| Having swellings at intervals. |
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| An oligosaccharide from some fungi. |
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| The receptive hypha formed during sexual fertilization in fungi belonging to the Ascomycota. |
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| Having small wart-like structures. |
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| Phialides arising directly from a vesicle as in Aspergillus. |
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| A thin membrane covering certain types of young mushrooms; as the mushroom expands the veil tears and the remnants may form scales on the pileus and comprise the volva. |
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| Dikaryotic spores produced by rust fungi (Uredinales). |
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| Having branches arranged in verticils or whorls. |
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| A cup at the base of the stipe of certain mushrooms; a remnant of the universal veil. |
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| An electron-opaque, spherical, membrane-bound proteinaceous structure found in hyphae of fungi belonging to the Ascomycota and some mitosporic species (formerly Deuteromycota), located near septa. |
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| A fungus capable of growing on substrates possessing a low water potential, i.e. water activities below 0.85. |
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| A unicellular fungus that multiplies asexually by budding or fission. |
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| A specialized cell in which zoospores develop, and from which they are released. |
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| A motile sporangiospore capable of swimming in water by means of one or more flagella. |
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| A spore formed following fusion of two gametangia in fungi belonging to the Zygomycota. |
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| A thick-walled sexual spore formed by the fusion of two similar gametangia; characteristic of the Zygomycetes. |
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| A diploid cell resulting from the union of two haploid cells followed by karyogamy. |
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