teliospore

te·li·o·spore

T0093900 (tē′lē-ə-spôr′)n. A thick-walled, dikaryotic, often overwintering spore of most rust and smut fungi, which germinates to form a basidium.

[teli(um) + spore.]

teliospore

(ˈtiːlɪəˌspɔː) n (Botany) any of the dark noninfective spores that are produced in each telium of the rust fungi and remain dormant during the winter. Also called: teleutospore [C20: from telium + spore]

te•li•o•spore

(ˈti li əˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr, ˈtɛl i-)

n. a thick spore that develops in the telium of a rust or smut fungus during the fall and germinates the following spring. [1870–75; telio- (comb. form of telium) + -spore] te`li•o•spor′ic, adj.

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Noun

teliospore - a chlamydospore that develops in the last stage of the life cycle of the rust funguschlamydospore - thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae

Teliospore

teliospore

[′tē·lē·ə‚spȯr] (mycology) A thick-walled spore of the terminal stage of Uredinales and Ustilaginales which is a probosidium or a group of probosidia. Also known as teleutospore.

Teliospore

(also teleutospore), one of the types of spores characteristic of rust fungi. Teliospores are mainly wintering spores. They may be unicellular or multicellular, stalked or stalkless, and free or concresced into styles or crusts. Rust fungi are divided into families and genera on the basis of their type of teliospore. The spores of smut fungi are sometimes called teliospores.

teliospore

(tē′lē-ə-spôr′)n. A thick-walled, dikaryotic, often overwintering spore of most rust and smut fungi, which germinates to form a basidium.

teliospore

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Words related to teliospore

noun a chlamydospore that develops in the last stage of the life cycle of the rust fungus

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chlamydospore

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