Teliomycetes

(Hemibasidiomycetes) A class of the *Basidiomycotina containing those fungi in which a sorus (teleutosorus or telium) develops in place of a basidiocarp and produces resting spores (teleutospores ) that act as probasidia. It contains the two orders *Uredinales and *Ustilaginales. Some classifications include the Tremellales in this class.