mesospore
/ˈmɛsə(ʊ)spɔː/noun
1 Botany and Mycology. The middle layer of the wall of any of several types of three-layered spores (e.g. the megaspore of a clubmoss or the zygospore of a zygnemaceous alga).
2 Mycology. A one-celled teleutospore occurring in species of rust fungus which normally produce two-celled teleutospores.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Mordecai Cooke (1825–1914), naturalist and mycologist. From meso- + spore.
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