urediospore

[ yoo-ree-dee-uh-spawr, -spohr ]

noun

, Mycology.

1. the spore of the rust fungi that appears between the aeciospore and the teliospore, commonly the summer spore.

Word History and Origins

Origin of urediospore¹

First recorded in 1870–75; uredi(um) + -o- + spore