{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Short description|Flask-shaped projection from the vesicle of certain fungi}} {{one source|date=May 2019}} [[File:Ophiocordyceps termiticola (10.3897-mycokeys.56.37636) Figure 8 (phialide).jpg|thumb|phialide of ''Ophiocordyceps termiticola'']] The '''phialide''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|aɪ|ə|l|aɪ|d}} {{respell|FY|ə|lyde}}; {{langx|el|phialis}}, diminutive of phiale, a broad, flat vessel) is a flask-shaped projection from the vesicle (dilated part of the top of conidiophore) of certain fungi. It projects from the mycelium without increasing in length unless a subsequent increase in the formation of conidia occurs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glossary (J-Q) |url=http://www.doctorfungus.org/educatio/glossary2.htm |date=25 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925160256/http://www.doctorfungus.org/educatio/glossary2.htm |archive-date=25 September 2006 }}</ref> thumb|Diagram showing the phialide with other structures It is the end cell of a phialosphore.
==See also== *Ascomycete
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Category:Fungal morphology and anatomy
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