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basidiomycetous

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ba·sid·i·o·my·cete  (b-sd--mst, -m-st)
n.
Any of various members of a large group of fungi bearing sexually produced spores on a basidium. The group includes puffballs, shelf fungi, rusts, smuts, and mushrooms.


ba·sidi·o·my·cetous (-m-sts) adj.
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Adj.1.basidiomycetous - pertaining to or characteristic of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes
phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants


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