| 1. | These conidium move along to a susceptible surface to germinate.
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| 2. | Reproductive features include pynidia ( conidium ); apothecia unknown.
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| 3. | Conidium development is distinctive and was first described by Ingold in 1956.
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| 4. | These conidiophores are indistinguishable from vegetative hyphae until production of the first conidium.
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| 5. | These then asexually bud into conidium spores.
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| 6. | Each conidium is two celled with the apical cell being larger than the curved basal cell.
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| 7. | The conidiophore is also known to occasionally branch into 1-3 sections each bearing its own conidium.
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| 8. | When the conidium lands on a leaf, it will wait until the nighttime dew, and then germinate.
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| 9. | Once fusion occurs, the respective nuclei can pass through the fused CATs from one conidium to the other.
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| 10. | The mechanism for projection relies on the conidiophore consisting of a flask-shaped support cell that bears the conidium.
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