Telium
Appearance
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Gymnosporangium_telia_macro_IMGP0418.jpg/220px-Gymnosporangium_telia_macro_IMGP0418.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Teliospores_0433.jpg/220px-Teliospores_0433.jpg)
Telium, plural Telia, are structures produced by rust fungi as part of the reproductive cycle.[1] They are typically yellow or orange drying to brown or black and are exclusively a mechanism for the release of teliospores which are released by wind or water to infect the alternate host in the rust life-cycle.
References
- ^ Brand g, Brand R & Shattock R,.Sorting out Gymnosporangium species - the aecial stage, October 2006, Field Mycology Volume 7(4)