Coleosporium

noun

Co·​le·​o·​spo·​ri·​um

-lēəˈspōrēəm,

-spȯr-

: a genus of rusts (family Melampsoraceae) having the teliospores united in a single-layered or double-layered waxy cushion

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from cole- + -sporium

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