telium Bot.
(ˈtiːlɪəm)
Pl. telia.
[mod.L., f. Gr. τέλ-ος end.]
= teleutosorus.
| 1905 J. C. Arthur in Bot. Gaz. XXXIX. 222 For the sorus of the third spore-stage, usually..called teleutosorus, I propose telium..; derivatives telial, teliospore, etc. 1937 Nature 8 May 800/2 (heading) Production of uredia and telia of Puccinia graminis on Berberis vulgaris. 1979 Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. LXXIII. 231/1 Only telia are present on the leaves.., but a few uredinoid spores are found in some telia of this specimen. |
Hence ˈtelial a.
| 1905 [see above]. 1925 Jrnl. Agric. Res. XXXI. 643 [In Gallowaya pinicola] there is very little intermingling or intertwining of hyphae as a preliminary to the formation of the telial sorus. 1967 Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. L. 190 In taxonomic study of Endophyllum and Kunkelia there are two possibilities. Their sori can either be compared with aecia of other rusts or with telia of other rusts... I propose that they should properly be called ‘telial aecia’. |