chla·myd·o·spore (kl -m d -spôr , -sp r)n. A thick-walled, asexual 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]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
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| Noun | 1. | chlamydospore - thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae spore - 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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