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Anthropophilic
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Term applied to fungi that usually infect humans only
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Arthroconidium (pl. arthroconidia)
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A conidium formed by the modification of a hyphal cell(s) and then released by the fragmentation-lysis of a disjunctor cell or by fission through a thickened septum.
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Ascospore
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A haploid sexual spore that is formed by free-cell formation in an ascus following karyogamy and meiosis
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Basidium (pl. basidia)
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A specialized cell, usually cup-shaped, that gives rise to basidiospores as a result of sexual reproduction
Basidia are characteristic of the Basidiomycetes. |
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Conidium (pl. conidia)
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An asexual, non-motile, usually deciduous propagule, that is not formed by cytoplasmic cleaveage, free-cell formation, or by conjugation
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