A Chlamydospore is the thick-walled big resting spore

Spore

In biology, a spore is a reproductive structure that is adapted for dispersal and surviving for extended periods of time in unfavorable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many bacteria, plants, algae, fungi and some protozoa. According to scientist Dr...

 of several kinds of fungi. It is the life-stage which survives in unfavourable conditions, such as dry or hot seasons.

Chlamydospores are usually dark-coloured, spherical, and have a smooth (non-ornamented) surface. They are multicellular, the cells being connected by pores in septae between cells.

Chlamydospores are a result of asexual

Asexual reproduction

Asexual reproduction is a mode of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single parent, and inherit the genes of that parent only, it is reproduction which does not involve meiosis, ploidy reduction, or fertilization. A more stringent definition is agamogenesis which is reproduction without...

 (thus being actually conidia called chlamydoconidia) or sexual reproduction(rare).
Teliospore

Teliospore

Teliospore is the thick-walled resting spore of some fungi , from which the basidium arises.-Development:They develop in telia ....

s are special kind of chlamydospores of rusts

Rust (fungus)

Rusts are plant diseases caused by pathogenic fungi of the order Pucciniales. About 7800 species are known. Rusts can affect a variety of plants; leaves, stems, fruits and seeds. Rust is most commonly seen as coloured powder, composed off tiny aeciospores which land on vegetation producing...

 and smuts

Smut (fungus)

The smuts are multicellular fungi, that are characterized by their large numbers of teliospores. The smuts get their name from a Germanic word for dirt because of their dark, thick-walled and dust-like teliospores. They are mostly Ustilaginomycetes and can cause plant disease...

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External links

• The chlamydospores of Candida albicans
  Candida albicans
  Candida albicans is a diploid fungus that grows both as yeast and filamentous cells and a causal agent of opportunistic oral and genital infections in humans. Systemic fungal infections including those by C...
  
  http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=285075, http://pubmedcentral.com/articlerender.fcgi?artid=380873
• Chlamydospore development http://apt.allenpress.com/aptonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=0027-5514&volume=092&issue=01&page=0123