Chlamydospore is the thick-walled big resting spore of several kinds of fungi. It is the life-stage which survives in unfavourable conditions (such as winter).

Chlamydospores are usually dark-coloured, spherical, and have a smooth (non-ornamented) surface. They are multicellular, the cells being connected by pores in septae between cells.

Chlamydospores are a result of asexual (thus being actually conidia called chlamydoconidia) or (rarely) sexual reproduction. Teliospores are a special kind of chlamydospores of rusts and smuts.

See also

• Teliospore
• Conidium

External links

• The chlamydospores of Candida albicans[http://pubmedcentral.com/articlerender.fcgi?artid=380873
• Chlamydospore development^*

Germ cells | Fungal morphology and anatomy | Mycology