teleutospore
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Origin of teleutospore
C19: from Greek teleutē, from telos end + spore
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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
Before the teleutospore reaches maturity the nuclei fuse, and the uninucleate condition then continues again until aecidium formation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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
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 H. Marshall Ward
The teleutospore puts forth on germination a four-celled structure, the promycelium or basidium, and this bears later four sporidia or basidiospores, one on each cell.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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