Viable cultures of molds produce spores called “conidia.” The size and shape of the conidia and conidia-bearing structures as viewed with a light microscope can often identify the fungus to its genus ...

at 150° C.), one of the slips of paper is transferred to a sterile Petri dish and a small mass of conidia or spores is placed on the unpunched end of the paper. Using the end of a glass rod ...

Spore shape in the genus Alternaria is correlated with catenulation ... In these genera, conidiophores and conidia possess the only suitable characters upon which to describe species. 8. Conidia in ...

In contrast, lack of moisture reduces the infectivity of many protozoan spores and moisture generally is a primary requirement for germination of conidia and survival of entomopathogenic fungi. /// ...