Definition of Aeciospore

1. Noun. Spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium.

Generic synonyms: Spore
Group relationships: Rust, Rust Fungus

Definition of Aeciospore

1. Noun. (botany) A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aeciospore

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aeciospore

adzes
adzing
adzuki
adzuki bean
adzuki beans
adzukis
adæquate
adæquately
ae
aecia
aecial
aecidia
aecidial
aecidium
aecidiums
aeciospore (current term)
aeciospores
aecium
aeciums
aedeagi
aedeagus
aedes
aedicula
aediculae
aedicule
aedicules
aedile
aediles
aedileship
aedileships

Literary usage of Aeciospore

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"Each of the aeciospore mother cells, FIG. 66. ... the adjacent cell/; F and G, conjugation of two female cells to form basal cell of aeciospore chain (after ..."

2. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"... as seen in longitudinal section. Observe the slender threads and the minute spermatia. 7. What is the function of the aeciospore? ..."

3. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"... and telia appeared on most of the plants apparently from aeciospore infection. The branches infected with ..."

4. Nature and Development of Plants by Carlton Clarence Curtis (1918)
"Therefore the aeciospore would be the beginning of the sporophyte or asexual generation, which terminates in the teliospore. ..."

5. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"Urediniospores are usually produced from mycelium that originated from aeciospore infection. Later teliospores are formed from the same mycelium. ..."

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