teliospore

American  

[tee-lee-uh-spawr, -spohr, tel-ee-] / ˈti li əˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr, ˈtɛl i- /

noun

Mycology.

1. a spore of certain rust fungi, which carries the fungus through the winter and which, on germination, produces the promycelium.

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teliospore British  

/ ˈtiːlɪəˌspɔː /

noun

1. Also called: teleutospore.  any of the dark noninfective spores that are produced in each telium of the rust fungi and remain dormant during the winter

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Other Word Forms

• teliosporic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of teliospore

1870–75; telio- (combining form of telium ) + -spore