HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES


Meaning of HOMOBASIDIOMYCETES in English

pronunc at homo- + noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from hom- + Basidiomycetes

: a subclass of Basidiomycetes comprising fungi with nonseptate and nondivided basidia and basidiospores that usually germinate directly to form a mycelium and including the gill fungi, pore fungi, coral fungi, and bird's-nest fungi and the puffballs and stinkhorns — compare heterobasidiomycetes

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