basidiomycete

[buh-sid-ee-oh-mahy-seet, -mahy-seet]

ba·sid·i·o·my·cete

[buh-sid-ee-oh-mahy-seet, -mahy-seet]
noun
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; < Neo-Latin Basidiomycetes; see basidium, -o-, -mycete
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Basidiomycete has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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basidiomycete (bæˌsɪdɪəʊmaɪˈsiːt)
 
n
any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota (formerly class Basidiomycetes), in which the spores are produced in basidia. The group includes boletes, puffballs, smuts, and rusts
 
[C19: from basidi(um) + -mycete]
 
basidiomy'cetous
 
adj

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basidiomycete   (bə-sĭd'ē-ō-mī'sēt')  Pronunciation Key 
Any of various fungi belonging to the phylum Basidomycota, bearing sexually produced spores on a basidium. All hyphae of basidiomycetes are divided into segments by septa and go through three stages of development. In the final stage, each segment has two nuclei, and the hyphae grow to produce basidia and disperse basidiospores. The basidiomycetes are the most familiar forms of fungi and include mushrooms, puffballs, shelf fungi, rusts, and smuts.
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