a spore produced on a basidium
Origin of basidiospore
from basidium + sporebasidiospore
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basidiospore
noun
Any of the four haploid spores borne on the basidium of a basidiomycete. Each spore develops into a mycelium that fuses with another to form a dikaryotic mycelium that typically constitutes the macroscopic stage of the life cycle.
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- ba·sid′i·o·spo′rous
adjective
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Noun
(plural basidiospores)
- (biology) A sexually reproductive spore produced by fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota
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