te·li·o·spore (t  l- -spôr , -sp r)n. A thick-walled, usually blackish resting spore of some rusts and smuts, from which the basidium arises. Also called teleutospore. te li·o·sporic (-spôr k, -sp r-) adj. |
teliospore [ˈtiːlɪəˌspɔː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any of the dark noninfective spores that are produced in each telium of the rust fungi and remain dormant during the winter Also called teleutospore
[from telium + spore]
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| Noun | 1. |  teliospore - a chlamydospore that develops in the last stage of the life cycle of the rust funguschlamydospore - thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae |
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