conidium formation obsolete conidium development https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/32315 true GO:0061794 The reason for obsoletion is that this term was an unnecessary grouping term. Its only child, conidium formation (GO:0048315), is the term annotators should use. OBSOLETE. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of conidium over time, from its formation to the mature structure. Conidia are non-motile spores produced via mitotic asexual reproduction in higher fungi; they are haploid cells genetically identical to their haploid parent. They are produced by conversion of hyphal elements, or are borne on sporogenous cells on or within specialized structures termed conidiophores, and participate in dispersal of the fungus. dph biological_process 2016-09-17T09:53:51Z