noun
- Asexual spores produced by budding from the cells of certain fungi, especially yeasts and fungi that cause infections.
Usage: mycology; plural form; singular is blastospore; technical/scientific term
Examples
- Candida albicans reproduces through the formation of blastospores.
- The microscope revealed numerous blastospores budding from the parent fungal cell.
- Blastospores are a common reproductive mechanism in pathogenic yeasts.
- Under favorable conditions, the fungus rapidly produces blastospores.
- The identification of blastospores helped confirm the fungal infection.