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Basidium


Ba-sid′i-um

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Noun.
[NL., dim. of Gr.
βάσισ
base.]
(Bot.)
A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example.

Definition 2024


basidium

basidium

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Noun

basidium (plural basidia)

  1. (mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections.

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