“+mīˈsēd.ˌēz noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from basidi- + -mycetes
: a large class of higher fungi distinguished by having septate hyphae and bearing the spores on a basidium produced either directly from the mycelium or as an outgrowth of a spore — see heterobasidiomycetes , homobasidiomycetes ; compare promycelium
• ba·sid·io·my·ce·tous ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+mī|sēd.əs adjective