teliospore Bot.
(ˈtiːlɪəʊspɔə(r))
[f. telium + -o + spore.]
A spore of the rust fungi (Uredinales) which produces a basidium on germination, often after overwintering; a teleutospore.
| 1905 [see telium]. 1970 J. Webster Introd. Fungi ii. iv. 369 The teliospores [of Puccinia graminis] represent the overwintering stage and only develop further after a period of maturation corresponding to winter dormancy. 1981 Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. LXXVII. 439/2 If in autumn a rusted rose leaf is shaken gently above a glass slide, many single teliospores fall on to it. |