Basidiomycota

Ba`sid`i`o`my`co´ta

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(Bot.) A large subdivision of the kingdom Fungi coextensive with the phylum Basidiomycetes, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc. Among the classes of the Basidiomycota are: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi).

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Noun

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Basidiomycota - comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi Basidiomycotina, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycotina division - (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum division Eumycota, Eumycota - true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi) Basidiomycetes, class Basidiomycetes - large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota class Hymenomycetes, Hymenomycetes - used in some classifications; usually coextensive with order Agaricales: mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi Agaricales, order Agaricales - typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota class Gasteromycetes, class Gastromycetes, Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes - fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi Aphyllophorales, order Aphyllophorales - includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies; sometimes placed in class Hymenomycetes or included in Agaricales class Tiliomycetes, Tiliomycetes - category used in some systems to comprise the two orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) order Ustilaginales, Ustilaginales - parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes family Septobasidiaceae, Septobasidiaceae - a family of fungi belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota