chlamydospore

[ kluh-mid-uh-spawr, -spohr ]

noun

1. a thick-walled, asexual, resting spore of certain fungi and algae.

chlamydospore

/ kləˈmɪdəˌspɔː /

noun

1. a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions

Word History and Origins

Origin of chlamydospore¹

1880–85; < Greek chlamyd- (stem of chlamýs ) chlamys + -o- + -spore

Example Sentences

The chlamydospore, a thick-walled structure involved in fungal survival and reproduction, resembles a clover.

From Newsweek

The cytology of these forms is very little known; Dangeard states that there is a fusion of two nuclei in the chlamydospore, but this requires confirmation.

From Project Gutenberg

Saltamachia says he identified the fungus in part by the distinctive shape of its chlamydospore, a thick-walled structure involved in fungal survival and reproduction, that looks something like a brain-shaped clover.

From Newsweek