page_title: Blastospore
hierarchical_section_title: Blastospore
caption_attribution_description: Microscopic image (200-fold magnification) of Candida albicans ATCC 10231, grown on cornmeal agar medium with 1% Tween80. (with English annotations)
context_page_description: A blastospore is an asexual fungal spore produced by budding. Produced by fungi within the phylum Glomeromycota and others. It is also known as a blastoconidium.
  An example of a fungus that forms blastospores is Candida albicans.
context_section_description: A blastospore is an asexual fungal spore produced by budding. Produced by fungi within the phylum Glomeromycota and others. It is also known as a blastoconidium (plural = blastoconidia). 
  An example of a fungus that forms blastospores is Candida albicans.
caption: blastospore and other structures of Candida albicans
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