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basidiomycetous

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ba⋅sid⋅i⋅o⋅my⋅ce⋅tous

  [buh-sid-ee-oh-mahy-see-tuhs]
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–adjective
belonging or pertaining to the basidiomycetes.
Origin:
basidiomycete + -ous
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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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