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Microconidia of Neurospora crassa.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B - 1 Feb 1999
Maheshwari R
Abstract excerpt
Neurospora crassa produces two types of vegetative spores-relatively small numbers of uninucleate microconidia and very large numbers of multinucleate macroconidia (blastoconidia and arthroconidia). The microconidia can function either as spermatia (male gametes) or as asexual reproductive structures or both. In nature they probably function exclusively in fertilization of protoperithecia. The environmental...
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