teleutospore

A teliospore.

In botany, in the Uredineæ, a thick-walled spore or pseudospore formed by abscission on a branch of the mycelium (sterigma), and on germination producing a promycelium.

The thick-celled winter or resting spore of the rusts (order Uredinales), produced in late summer. See Illust. of uredospore.

The thick-celled winter or resting spore of the rusts (order Uredinales), produced in late summer.