Chlamydospore of fungi

In unfavorable environment hyphae of some fungi are divided into small segments by forming a wide wall. The protoplast of each segment becomes a chlamydospore enveloped by a thick wall. Chlamydospores germinate and form small hyphae. For example – Fusarium, Mucor, Phytophthora.

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