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BASIDIOMYCETES

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ba⋅sid⋅i⋅o⋅my⋅cete

  [buh-sid-ee-oh-mahy-seet, -mahy-seet]
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Mycology. any of a group of fungi constituting the phylum Basidiomycota of the kingdom Fungi (or, in older classification schemes, the class Basidiomycetes of the kingdom Plantae), characterized by bearing the spores on a basidium, including the smuts, rust, mushrooms, and puffballs.
Origin:
1895–1900; < NL Basidiomycetes; see basidium, -o-, -mycete
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ba·sid·i·o·my·cete   (bə-sĭd'ē-ō-mī'sēt', -mī-sēt')   
n.  Any of various members of a large group of fungi bearing sexually produced spores on a basidium. The group includes puffballs, shelf fungi, rusts, smuts, and mushrooms.

[basidi(um) + -mycete.]
ba·sid'i·o·my·ce'tous (-mī-sē'təs) adj.
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Main Entry: ba·sid·io·my·cete
Pronunciation: b&-"sid-E-O-'mI-"sEt, -"mI-'sEt
Function: noun
: any of a group of higher fungithat have septate hyphae and spores borne on a basidium produced directly from the mycelium or as an outgrowth of a spore, that include rusts, smuts, and numerous edible forms (as many mushrooms), andthat are variously considered to comprise a class (Basidiomycetes), a subdivision (Basidiomycotina), or a division (Basidiomycota) —ba·sid·io·my·ce·tous /-mI-'sEt-&s/ adjective

Main Entry: Ba·sid·io·my·ce·tes
Pronunciation: -mI-'sEt-"Ez
Function: noun plural
: a class of higher fungi comprising thebasidiomycetes when they are considered a class
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Basidiomycetes Ba·sid·i·o·my·ce·tes (bə-sĭd'ē-ō-mī-sē'tēz')
n.
A large group of fungi including puffballs, shelf fungi, rusts, smuts, and mushrooms that bear sexually produced spores on a basidium.

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