Types of Conidiophore Formation
- Simple, unbranched conidiophores:
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- Some species form conidia on single, unbranched hyphae (conidiophores).
- E.g. Geotrichum candidum.
- Branched conidiophores:
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- Example of a branching pattern of conidiophores bearing clusters of conidia at their tips.
- E.g. Trichoderma viride
- Coremium(a):
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- Conidiophores are aggregated together to form a vertical stalk-like coremium.
- At the top of the coremium the conidiophores branch and conidia develop at the tips of the branches.
- E.g. Penicillium claviforme.
- Pycnidium(a):
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- A flask-shaped structure with conidiophores developing from cells of the pycnidial wall.
- E.g. Phoma species.
- Acervulus(i):
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- A flat, open pad of short conidiophores growing side-by-side.
- The conidiophores develop from the underlying mass of somatic hyphae.
- E.g. Colletotrichum species.
- Sporodochium(a):
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- A cushion-shaped mass of short conidiophores.
- E.g. Epicoccum species.
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