chlamydospore

chla·myd·o·spore

 (klə-mĭd′ə-spôr′)

n.

A thick-walled fungal spore that is derived from a hyphal cell and can function as a resting spore.

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

chlamydospore

(kləˈmɪdəˌspɔː)

n

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

chla•myd•o•spore

(kləˈmɪd əˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr)

n.

a thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae.

[1880–85]

Thesaurus

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