Practice question

Chlamydospores are survival propagules produced via hyphal compartment swelling with thick wall deposition rich in melanin. Positional flexibility adaptive: terminal at hyphal tip when tip growth arrests and cytoplasm concentrates, intercalary within hyphal segment between two septa surrounded by vegetative cells, and lateral as side bud on short stalk emerging laterally. This plasticity observed in Candida, Fusarium, Rhizoctonia allows response to localized stress and nutrient deprivation. Apical only or only intercalary descriptions overly restrictive. Inside conidiophores incorrect since conidiophores bear conidia not chlamydospores. Therefore versatile formation maximizes survival.