Teliospore
Teliospore (sometimes called teleutospore) is the thick-walled resting
arises.Development
They develop in telia (sing. telium or teliosorus).
The telial host is the primary host in heteroecious rusts. The aecial host is the alternate host (look for
These terms apply when two hosts are required by a heteroecious rust fungus to complete its life cycle.
Morphology
Teliospores consist of one, two or more dikaryote cells.
Teliospores are often dark-coloured and thick-walled, especially in species where they overwinter (acting as
Two-celled teliospores formerly defined the genus Puccinia. Here the wall is particularly thick at the tip of the terminal cell which extends into a beak in some species.
Teliospores consist of
See also
- Aeciospore
- Chlamydospore
- Pycniospore
- Rust fungus § Spores
- Urediniomycetes
- Urediniospore
- Ustilaginomycetes
References
- C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell, Introductory Mycology, 4th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN 0-471-52229-5
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