Puccinia(teliospore)

Scientific name: Puccinia graminis
Common name : Black rust
Classification:-
Division: Basidiomycotina
Class: Basidiomycota
Order: Uredinales
Family: Pucciniaceae
Genus : Puccinia
Species : graminis
Characteristic Features:
● Puccinia is an obligate parasite fungus that infects plants.
● Teliospores are produced in a telium.
● Teliospores are bi-celled, stalked, spiral- shaped, black and brown in colour with two
layers of thick and smooth walls.
● Each cell is a binary and single gum opening with structure.
● It is a resting spore, which represents the sexual apparatus.
Source: Text book of PLANT DISEASES by G.P GUPTA.