Teliosporeae
plural noun
Te·lio·spo·re·ae
in some classifications
: a subclass of fungi (class Basidiomycetes) including the rusts and smuts (orders Uredinales and Ustilaginales) and characterized by the production of a teliospore or a comparable body in which the diploid nucleus is produced compare eubasidiae , heterobasidiae
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from International Scientific Vocabulary teliospore