BASIDIOMYCETE


Meaning of BASIDIOMYCETE in English

[ba.sid.io.my.cete] n [ultim. fr. NL basidium + Gk myket-, mykes fungus; akin to Gk myxa mucus--more at mucus] (1899): any of a large class (Basidiomycetes) or subdivision (Basidiomycotina) of higher fungi having septate hyphae, bearing spores on a basidium, and including rusts, smuts, mushrooms, and puffballs -- ba.sid.io.my.ce.tous adj

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