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Definition of Basidiomycetes
1. Noun. Large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota.
Generic synonyms: Class
Group relationships: Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, Subdivision Basidiomycota, Subdivision Basidiomycotina
Member holonyms: Homobasidiomycetes, Subclass Homobasidiomycetes, Heterobasidiomycetes, Subclass Heterobasidiomycetes, Basidiomycete, Basidiomycetous Fungi, Order Tremellales, Tremellales, Auriculariales, Order Auriculariales, Order Uredinales, Uredinales
Definition of Basidiomycetes
1. n. pl. A large subdivision of fungi coördinate 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.
Definition of Basidiomycetes
1. Noun. (plural of basidiomycete) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Basidiomycetes
1. basidiomycete [n] - See also: basidiomycete
Medical Definition of Basidiomycetes
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Basidiomycetes
Literary usage of Basidiomycetes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sexual Reproduction and the Organization of the Nucleus in Certain Mildews by Robert Almer Harper (1905)
"RELATIONS OF ASCOMYCETES AND basidiomycetes. 21 Maire's (62) discovery of regularly
binucleated cells in the carpo- I phore of the basidiomycetes, ..."
2. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany: For High Schools and by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1890)
"CLASS basidiomycetes. THE basidiomycetes include the largest and most ... The most
generally known of these lower basidiomycetes are the so-called rusts. ..."
3. Moulds, Mildews, and Mushrooms: A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Fungi by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1899)
"... The third class of fungi known as the basidiomycetes contains two series of
organisms very dissimilar in habit, the first series parasitic on plants, ..."
4. A Course of Practical Instruction in Botany by Frederick Orpen Bower (1891)
"FUNGI I. basidiomycetes AGARICUS CAMPESTRIS, L (The Common Mushroom) I. Examine a
brick of " mushroom spawn," such as is sold in the shops for the ..."
5. Botany by Wilfred William Robbins, John Nathan Martin (1919)
"basidiomycetes General Description. — This is the group of F'ungi to which Toadstools,
... and are the characteristic spores of the basidiomycetes. ..."
6. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"basidiomycetes General Description. — This is the group of Fungi to which
Toadstools, Mushrooms, Puff- balls, Rusts, and Smuts belong. ..."
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