a. Bot. [f. mod.L. Thelephora (f. Gr. θηλή a teat + -φορος bearing) + -OID.] Resembling or having the form of the genus Thelephora of hymenomycetous fungi. So Thelephoreous a., of or pertaining to this genus.
1860. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Thelephoreus,… applied by Persoon to a Family … of the Exosporii Sarcomyci...: thelephoreous.
1891. Cent. Dict., Thelephoroid.
