asexual spores

asexual

all conidia are ___ spores

Conidia

forms from a conidiophore

Microconidia

• small unicellular

• teardrop/pyriform

Trichophyton rubrum

MICROCONIDIA

birds on a fence

Trichophyton mentagrophytes

MICROCONIDIA

grapes

Macroconidia

pindle shaped/cigar

Microsporum canis

MACROCONIDIA

• echinulate/spiny

Alternaria

MACROCONIDIA

• muriform; hand grenade

Fusarium

MACROCONIDIA

• sickle shape/boat

Histoplasma

MACROCONIDIA

• tuberculate

• protruding structures

Blastoconidia

arise from simple budding

Chlamydoconidia

thickwalled spores; resistant

Arthroconidia

barrel shaped

Coccidioides

ARTHROCONIDIA

• dysjunctor cells

• checkered appearance

Geotrichum

ARTHROCONIDIA

• hockey stick appearance

Sporangiospores

• enclosed spores in a sporangium

• from a sporangiophore

Annelloconidia

from annelides

Poroconidia

• from a pore

• “bent knee”