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urediospore

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[yoo-ree-dee-uh-spawr, -spohr] / jʊˈri di əˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr /
Also uredospore

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of urediospore

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

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