teliospore
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te·li·o·spore
(tē′lē-ə-spôr′)n.
A thick-walled, dikaryotic, often overwintering spore of most rust and smut fungi, which germinates to form a basidium.
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teliospore
(ˈtiːlɪəˌspɔː)n
(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
[C20: from telium + spore]
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te•li•o•spore
(ˈti li əˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr, ˈtɛl i-)n.
a thick spore that develops in the telium of a rust or smut fungus during the fall and germinates the following spring.
te`li•o•spor′ic, adj.
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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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