1. Conidium formation ceases as layers of inner wall material accumulate at the phialide apex.

2. Observations of secondary conidium production in an African strain ofS. schenckii revealed that secondary conidia are produced (1) acropetally on short sterigmata, (2) sympodially on short conidial appendages, and/or (3) sympodially or acropetally on short sporogenous cells which arise directly from the primary conidium.

3. A conidium (plural conidia), sometimes termed an asexual Chlamydospore or chlamydoconidium (plural chlamydoconidia), is an asexual, non-motile spore of a fungus.The name comes from the Greek word for dust, κόνις kónis