teleutoformn.
/təˈljuːtəfɔːm/, /tɛˈljuːtəfɔːm/, U.S. /təˈl(j)udəˌfɔrm/, /tɛˈl(j)udəˌfɔrm/ Mycology. Now rare.
In rust fungi ( Pucciniales): the form or stage which produces teliospores (teleutospores).
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Sclerotium1871
teleutoform1880
synkaryophyte1904
heterothallism1906
homothallism1906
saltation1922
heterothally1940
homothally1942
1880 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 3 995 In order to simplify the nomenclature, Oersted united these series of teleuto-forms and æcidio-forms into the genus Gymnosporangium.
1898 H. C. Porter tr. E. Strasburger et al. Text-bk. Bot. 367 The genus Cronartium, with uredo- and teleuto-forms [Ger. mit Uredo und Teleutosporen] on Vincetoxicum and Ribes.
1905 Jrnl. Mycol. 11 55 The teleutospores for the above sowings were all taken from the same collection,..which precludes the possibility of a differentiation in the teleutoform.
1940 Proc. 26th Indian Sci. Congr. 1939 ii. 142 There are actually fifteen coniferous rusts known to date (Appendix A) of which five are teleutoforms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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