obsolete spore autophagy involved in appressorium formation on or near host true spore autophagy during appressorium formation on or near host autophagy of spores during appressorium formation on or near host OBSOLETE. The process in which a symbiont spore digests parts of its own cytoplasm, occurring when the appressorium forms on or near the host organism. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction. The reason for obsoletion is that this term did not represent any specific host/symbiont process. GO:0075074 biological_process