chlamydospore

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C0312200 (klə-mĭd′ə-spôr′)n. A thick-walled fungal spore that is derived from a hyphal cell and can function as a resting spore.

[Latin chlamys, chlamyd-, mantle; see chlamys + spore.]

chlamydospore

(kləˈmɪdəˌspɔː) n (Microbiology) a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions

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(kləˈmɪd əˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr)

n. a thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae. [1880–85]

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chlamydospore - thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algaespore - a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion; "a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes"teliospore - a chlamydospore that develops in the last stage of the life cycle of the rust fungus

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chlamydospore

[klə′mid·ə‚spȯr] (mycology) A thick-walled, unicellar resting spore developed from vegetative hyphae in almost all parasitic fungi.

Chlamydospore

the name for the spores of smut fungi (order Ustilaginales) and certain other fungi, formed from specialized or nonspecialized cells of the hyphae, which become enlarged and usually acquire a thickened, often pigmented membrane. Depending on their numbers, chlamydospores may be solitary or grow in chains. They contain considerable reserves of nutrients. A fungus in its resting state can survive unfavorable environmental conditions by forming chlamydospores.

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noun thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae

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