BASIDIA

BASIDIUM

basidium

(noun) a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

basidia

plural of basidium

Source: Wiktionary


BASIDIUM

Ba*sid"i*um, n. Etym: [NL., dim. of Gr. base.] (Bot.)

Definition: A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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