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Definition of Class basidiomycetes
1. Noun. Large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota.
Exact synonyms: Basidiomycetes
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
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
Literary usage of Class basidiomycetes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany: For High Schools and by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1890)
"CLASS Basidiomycetes. THE Basidiomycetes include the largest and most highly
developed of the fungi, among which are many familiar forms, ..."
2. Studies of American Fungi: Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, Etc by George Francis Atkinson (1900)
"CHAPTER XXII. ANALYTICAL KEYS. By the Author. CLASS FUNGI. SUB-CLASS
BASIDIOMYCETES.* Plants of large or medium size; fleshy, membranaceous, ..."
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