basidioma  (bə-sĭd'ē-ō'mə) Pronunciation Key
Plural basidiomata (bə-sĭd'ē-ō'mə-tə) A club-shaped, fleshy, spore-producing structure characteristic of many species of basidiomycete fungi. The basidioma grows out of the mass of hyphae known as a mycelium and bears the spore-dispersing structures called basidia. Mushrooms, toadstools, stinkhorns, and puffballs are basidiomata. |