Asexual spores produced by fungi that can spread and grow into new fungal colonies without requiring a partner cell.
From Greek 'koni' (dust) + 'idion' (small thing). Ancient scientists named these because they look like tiny dust particles under early microscopes.
Conidia are nature's way of letting fungi travel on the wind like invisible seeds—many molds and fungi spread through the air using billions of microscopic conidia, which is why moldy smells are literally fungal spores landing on your nose.
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