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noun - a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections
adj - a structure on a fungus [n -IA] : BASIDIAL
BASIDIUM - A basidium (pl., basidia) is a microscopic sporangium (or spore-producing structure) found on the hymenophore of fruiting bodies of basidiomycete fun...
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A small, specialized club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the tips of minute projections. The basidium is unique to basidiomycetes and distinguishes them from other kinds of fungi. |
a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections unique to basidiomycetes |
A microscopic club-shaped spore-bearing structure produced by certain fungi. |
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A basidium (pl., basidia) is a microscopic sporangium (or spore-producing structure) found on the hymenophore of fruiting bodies of basidiomycete fungi which are also called tertiary mycellium , developed from secondary mycellium . Tertiary mycellium is highly coiled secondary mycellium , a dikaryon. The presence of basidia is one of the main characteristic features of the Basidiomycota. A basidium usually bears four sexual spores called basidiospores; occasionally the number may be two or even eight. In a typical basidium, each basidiospore is borne at the tip of a narrow prong or horn called a sterigma (pl. sterigmata), and is forcibly discharged upon maturity. * The word basidium literally means little pedestal, from the way in which the basidium supports the spores. However, some biologists suggest that the structure more closely resembles a club. An immature basidium is known as a basidiole. |