conidiogenousadj.
/kə(ʊ)ˌnɪdɪˈɒdʒᵻnəs/, U.S. /kəˌnɪdiˈɑdʒənəs/ Mycology.
Promoting conidiogenesis; (of fungal cells) producing conidia.
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1964 Nature 20 June 1240/2 In the first efforts to supplement this medium with presumed conidiogenous compounds, we have found that addition of 10-2M glycine makes it revert from a mycelial to a fully conidiating medium.
1986 Bull. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 20 55 In Poronia disarticulating hyphae occur with both conidiogenous and non-conidiogenous cells and these themselves can act as propagules.
2002 D. H. Larone Medically Important Fungi (ed. 4) 280 F[usarium] solani is unique in becoming blue-green or bluish brown where clusters of conidiogenous cells develop.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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