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basidiomycete
(bə sid′ē ō mī′sēt′, -mī sēt′)
noun
any of a subdivision (Basidiomycotina) of fungi, including the mushrooms, rusts, smuts, and puffballs, that produce spores on basidia; club fungus
Origin: < ModL < basidium + -mycete
Related Forms:
- basidiomycetous adjective
See basidiomycete in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Any of various members of a large group of fungi bearing sexually produced spores on a basidium. The group includes puffballs, shelf fungi, rusts, smuts, and mushrooms.
Origin:
Origin: basidi(um)
Origin: + -mycete
.Related Forms:
- ba·sidˌi·o·my·ceˈtous (-mī-sēˈtəs) adjective
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