uredospore

British

/ jʊˈriːdəʊˌspɔː /

noun

any of the brownish spores that are produced in each uredium of the rust fungi and spread the infection between hosts

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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

These æcidium spores germinate only on a grass stem or leaf, and a distinct generation is produced, having a particular kind of spore called an uredospore.

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

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