What is the difference between conidia and aplanospores?

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Conidia: These are non-motile asexual spores found in Fungi.
Aplanopores: These asexual, non-motile spores are found in algae and some fungi.
Conidia
Aplanospores
1. Conidia are borne on the tips of conidiophores exogenously. 1. Aplanospores are internally borne in their sporangia.
2. These conidiophores are specialized structures born on hyphae of certain ascomyecetes and basidiomycetes fungi. 2. Aplanospores are borne on sporangiophores which is the aerial hypha of zygomycetes fungi.
3. These are found in Aspergillus and Penicillum. 3. These are found in green algae like Haematococcus, Chlamydomonas, and in fungi like Rhizopus.

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Conidia	Aplanospores
1. Conidia are borne on the tips of conidiophores exogenously.	1. Aplanospores are internally borne in their sporangia.
2. These conidiophores are specialized structures born on hyphae of certain ascomyecetes and basidiomycetes fungi.	2. Aplanospores are borne on sporangiophores which is the aerial hypha of zygomycetes fungi.
3. These are found in Aspergillus and Penicillum.	3. These are found in green algae like Haematococcus, Chlamydomonas, and in fungi like Rhizopus.