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Thephialide (/ˈfaɪəlaɪd/FY-ə-lyde;Greek:phialis, diminutive of phiale, a broad, flat vessel) is a flask-shaped projection from the vesicle (dilated part of the top ofconidiophore) of certainfungi. It projects from themycelium without increasing in length unless a subsequent increase in the formation ofconidia occurs.[1]
It is the end cell of aphialosphore.