oidium
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i noun, plural o·id·i·a 
[oh-id-ee-uh] . Mycology.
[oh-id-ee-uh] . Mycology. 1.
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
2.
(in certain fungi) a thin-walled spore derived from the fragmentation of a hypha into its component cells.
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| —n , pl -ia | |
| botany any of various fungal spores produced in the form of a chain by the development of septa in a hypha | |
| [New Latin: from | |
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oidium
in fungi (kingdom Fungi), a single-celled asexual spore (arthrospore) produced by fragmentation of fungal filaments (hyphae) in lower fungi; the asexual stage of Erysiphaceae (powdery mildew fungi); or, in Basidiomycota, both an asexual spore (microconidium) and a male cell (spermatium).
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The species has also been known in the past as monilia albicans and oidium albicans.
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