| 1. | Macroconidia are few or absent in many species.
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| 2. | Macroconidia are able to produce secondary conidia.
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| 3. | The chlamydospores are round, resting spores, produced on older mycelium or in macroconidia.
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| 4. | Blue Fungal spore masses are produced on the roots of the plant where macroconidia are formed.
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| 5. | During sporulation, septate hyphae, with macroconidia with tappered tips, and club shaped microconidia are present.
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| 6. | The macroconidia are found on dead plant tissue surfaces as well as in groups that look like sporodochia.
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| 7. | Macroconidia differ in shape and size between the species, whereas microconidia are rather uniform, oval to globose ( 5x3?m ).
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| 8. | On the former, growth is slow with and poor sporulation with most strains producing a few abortive macroconidia and sparse microconidia.
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| 9. | Macroconidia are one of the overwintering phases of the pathogen and can persist in the soil and plant residue for many years.
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| 10. | Macroconidia are also hyaline and in spindle-shape ( truncate at the base and narrow down at the basal end ).
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