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Basidiomycetes

Basidiomycetes Meaning & Definition
Basidiomycetes Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Basidiomycetes?

[n] large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota

Synonyms | Synonyms for Basidiomycetes: class Basidiomycetes

Related Terms | Find terms related to Basidiomycetes:

See Also | Auriculariales | basidiomycete | basidiomycetous fungi | Basidiomycota | Basidiomycotina | class | Heterobasidiomycetes | Homobasidiomycetes | order Auriculariales | order Tremellales | order Uredinales | subclass Heterobasidiomycetes | subclass Homobasidiomycetes | subdivision Basidiomycota | subdivision Basidiomycotina | Tremellales | Uredinales

Basidiomycetes In Webster's Dictionary

\Ba*sid`i*o*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. NL. & E. basidium + Gr. ?, ?, fungus.] (Bot.) A large subdivision of fungi co["o]rdinate with the {Ascomycetes}, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc.

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