Friday, November 16, 2012

Fungal Word Friday: Biseriate

Specialized conidiogenous cells that produce conidia without increasing in length, and arising from metulae as in the genus Aspergillus. The word means "arranged in two rows."
A biseriate conidiophore of Aspergillus alliaceus.

Photo Cred: By Ninjatacoshell (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

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