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teleutospore

British  
/ tɪˈluːtəˌspɔː /

noun

  1. another name for teliospore

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of teleutospore

C19: from Greek teleutē, from telos end + spore

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The teleutospore stages of species of Puccinia, Phragmidium, etc., are also so deep in colour as to appear almost black.

From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall

There is also a further reduction in that the basidium is not derived from a teleutospore but is borne directly on the mycelium.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

It is a summer stage preceding the teleutospore, or winter stage.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W by Project Gutenberg

The uredospore forms fresh generations of the same kind until the close of the summer, when the third generation with another kind of spore, called a teleutospore, is produced.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various

The teleutospore, with the sporidia which arise from it, is always present, and the division into genera is based chiefly on its characters.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

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