teliospore

[ tee-lee-uh-spawr, -spohr, tel-ee- ]

noun

, Mycology.

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

teliospore

/ ˈtiːlɪəˌspɔː /

noun

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

Other Words From

• teli·o·sporic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of teliospore¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of teliospore¹

C20: from telium + spore