ˌhed.ərōbəˈsidēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from heter- + -basidiae (from basidium )
in some classifications : a subclass of Basidiomycetes comprising fungi with a basidium that is transversely or vertically septate or forked or has four rounded terminal cells from each of which a sterigma and spore arise and including Tremellales and other orders or being restricted to the order Tremellales — compare eubasidiae , teliosporeae