|hed.ər(ˌ)ō+ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from heter- + Basidiomycetes
: a subclass of fungi (class Basidiomycetes) including the rusts, smuts, and jelly fungi that has septate or deeply divided basidia and basidiospores which often germinate to form conidia or similar spores — compare homobasidiomycetes
• het·ero·basidiomycetous “+ adjective