Oidium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Oidium is a noun meaning A fragile spore produced by some fungi.
Meaning
A fragile spore produced by some fungi.
More Meanings
- The fungus Erysiphe necator (= Uncinula necator), which produces powdery mildew in grapes.
Example Sentences
However, in some forms mainly some Hymenomycetes it occurs by the formation of oidia. The oidia are of two main types.
Later the pods become covered completely with white powdery mass composed of mycelium, oidiophores and oidia of the fungus.
• Oidia are hyaline, small and thin-walled unicellular sections or fragments of the mycelium. • Oidia may be uni- or binucleate as whether they are produced by the breaking up of the primary or secondary mycelium.
Word Forms
- oidia
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include oosporangium, ostiole, sporangiospore, zoogonidium, oocyst, sporidium.
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