Phialide
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Phialide.
  • A flask-shaped projection from the vesicle (dilated part of the top of conidiophore) of certain fungi.
  • Projects from the mycelium
    Mycelium
    thumb|right|Fungal myceliaMycelium is the vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae. The mass of hyphae is sometimes called shiro, especially within the fairy ring fungi. Fungal colonies composed of mycelia are found in soil and on or within many other...

     without increasing in length unless there is a subsequent increase in the formation of conidia.


Also known as the end cell of a phialophore.
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