Phialide and phialospore ontogeny of Phialophora lagerbergii (Melin and Nannf.) Conant, Penicillium corylophilum Dierckx, and the imperfect state of Ceratocystis paradoxa (Dade) Moreau are illustrated by time-lapse photomicrography, and a unified concept of the phialide is derived.