Molds

Molds

Multicellular fungi that grow as branching filaments called hyphae.

Hyphae

Threadlike filaments which combine to make up the fungal mycelium.

Yeast

Unicellular fungi that perform vegetative growth and sexual reproduction with the same cells.

Oidia

Small yeast-like cells formed under adverse conditions, separated from hyphae.

Conidia

Spores formed at the tips or sides of a fungal hyphae, can be single or large.

Basidiospores

Non-motile meiospores formed on short outgrowths of club-shaped structures called basidium.

Zygospore

Large, thick-walled spores formed at the tips of two sexually compatible hyphae, produced by Zygomycota.

Oospores

Spores formed within a specialized female structure (oogonium) after fertilization of eggs.

Ketoconazole

An azole that inhibits ergosterol biosynthesis.

Griseofulvin

Antifungal drug used for ringworm treatment, it accumulates in keratinized tissues.

Aerial hyphae

The portion of the fungus concerned with reproduction, projecting above the medium.

Budding

A form of asexual reproduction where a parent cell forms a protuberance (bud) that can develop into a new cell.

Chlamydospores

Thick-walled single cell spores formed from cells of the vegetative hyphae.

Sporangiospores

Single cell spores formed within sacs (sporangium) at the end of a sporangiophore.

Meiosis

A reductional nuclear division reducing a diploid nucleus to four haploid nuclei.

Virion

A complete, fully developed viral particle composed of nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat.

Capsid

The protein coat surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus.