Basidiomycetes

Basidiomycetes definition - medical

Ba·sid·i·o·my·ce·tes (bə-sĭdˌē-ō-mī-sēˈtēzˌ)

noun
A large group of fungi including puffballs, shelf fungi, rusts, smuts, and mushrooms that bear sexually produced spores on a basidium.

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