teliospore noun. ['ti:lɪǝ(ʊ)spɔ:] E20.
[from TELIUM + -O- + SPORE.]
Mycology. In a rust or smut fungus: any of the usu. dark, two-celled spores formed at the end of the growing season, which overwinter and on germination in the following spring produce basidia. Cf. UREDINIOSPORE.

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