teliospore

teliospore Definition

te·lio·spore (tē′lē ō spôr′, tel′ē ō-)

noun

a thick-walled resting spore that develops in late summer during the telial stage of the rust fungi and germinates the next spring

Etymology: < telium + spore

teliospore Related Forms

te′·lio·spor′ic adjective

teliospore Usage Examples

Converse of object

produce: By early September, leaf lesions turned dark brown as they produced teliospores within rusty brown pustules.

Adjective modifier

black-pigmented: A hallmark of this disease is the induction of large plant tumors that are filled with masses of black-pigmented teliospores.

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