oidium
English
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Etymology
From Late Latin ōidium, from Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + -ium
Noun
oidium (plural oidia)
- A fragile spore produced by some fungi.
- 2003 August, Competition Science Vision, page 802,
- • 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.
- 2004, P.D. Sharma, The Fungi, page 241,
- However, in some forms mainly some Hymenomycetes it occurs by the formation of oidia. The oidia are of two main types.
- 2006, A. V. S. S. Sambamurty, A Textbook of Plant Pathology, page 239,
- Later the pods become covered completely with white powdery mass composed of mycelium, oidiophores and oidia of the fungus.
- 2003 August, Competition Science Vision, page 802,
- The fungus Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (= Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.), which produces powdery mildew in grapes.