conidiogenesis, n. Mycol.
Brit. /kə(ʊ)ˌnɪdɪə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/, U.S. /kəˌnɪdioʊˈdʒɛnəsəs/
[‹ conidium n. + -o- connective + -genesis comb. form, after conidiogenous adj.]
The process in which fungal cells produce conidia.
| 1971 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 58 92/1 Conidiogenesis by adjacent conidiogenous cells situated on the same differentiated supporting structure was not synchronous. 1987 Pathology 19 281 In many cases it was thought that the referring laboratories had allowed insufficient time for development of conidiogenesis in these strains. 2001 G. D. Inglis et al. in T. M. Butt et al. Fungi as Biocontrol Agents iii. 25 Placement of hyphomycetous fungi within formed genera based on conidiogenesis does not necessarily reflect phylogenetic groupings. |