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conidiophore

[kə′nid·ē·ə‚fȯr]
(mycology)
A specialized aerial hypha that produces conidia in certain ascomycetes and imperfect fungi.
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Conidial chains are produced directly from the side or tip of hyhae or on conidiophores...............Clasdosphorium sp.
The following microscopic characters were observed: conidiophores morphology, shape, size, and ornamentation of conidia and conidiogenous cells, plus diameter of vegetative hyphae (main axis of conidiophores).
The morphological characteristics of the hyphae, conidiophores, phialides, and conidia were determined with a scanning electron microscope (SEM 550 SS, Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan) operating at 15.0 kV [14].
3b), with conidia, smooth-walled and olivaceous green conidia present on Conidiophore with broom like appearance (Fig.
These insects had swollen abdomens, that angled away from the substrate; wings spread latero-dorsally and raised above the abdomen, and conspicuous masses of glutinous hyphae and conidiophores on the abdomen and thorax, similar to the wellknown fungus Entomophthora muscae (Cohn) Fres., infecting flies (Diptera: Muscidae) (Mullens 1990; Krasnoff et al.
Dreshlera sp.###4-5.5 cm###dark brown yellow###to conidiophore , conidia###simple and branched###Cylindrical or ellipsoidal,
Microscopic features observed were radiate conidia, thin walled hyaline vesicle, metulae covered entire vesicle, brownish conidiophore and pink to venaceous purple sclerotia.
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