ASEXUAL FUNGAL SPORES
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    1. Blastospores - budding yeast.

      Observe: Blastospores "budding" from parent cell.

                         

    2. Chlamydospores - corn smut, Ustilago maudis

        Observe:
Free thick-walled, round,
single-celled spores.
"Spines" on outside
of the spore wall.


    3. Arthrospores -     Geotrichum candida

        Observe:
Barrel-shaped,
thick-walled spores.
Hyphae


    4. Conidiospores

            A. Penicillium conidiospores

            Observe:
                    Chains of conidiospores formed at the ends of branching hyphae.
                    Asymmetrical arrangement of chains of spores.

                   


            B. Aspergillus conidiospores

            Observe:
                    Chains of spores occurring around the rounded end of the hyphae.
                    Symmetrical arrangement of chains of spores.


    5. Sporangiospores     - Rhizopus

        Observe:
                    Rounded sac-like structure (sporangium) occurring at the end of hypha.
                    Sporangiospores occurring in sporangium

               


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