basidium
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ba·sid·i·um
(bə-sĭd′ē-əm)n. pl. ba·sid·i·a (-ē-ə)
A small, specialized club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the tips of minute projections. The basidium is unique to basidiomycetes and distinguishes them from other kinds of fungi.
ba·sid′i·al adj.
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basidium
(bæˈsɪdɪəm)n, pl -ia (-ɪə)
(Plants) the structure, produced by basidiomycetous fungi after sexual reproduction, in which spores are formed at the tips of projecting slender stalks
[C19: from New Latin, from Greek basidion; see basis, -ium]
baˈsidial adj
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ba•sid•i•um
(bəˈsɪd i əm)n., pl. -sid•i•a (-ˈsɪd i ə)
a special form of sporophore, characteristic of basidiomycetous fungi, on which the sexual spores are borne at the tips of slender projections.
ba•sid′i•al, adj.
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| Noun | 1. | basidium - a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes reproductive structure - the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction hypobasidium - special cell constituting the base of the basidium in various fungi especially of the order Tremellales promycelium - the basidium of various fungi |
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