ba·sid·i·o·spore (b -s d  --spôr , -sp r)n. A sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium. ba·sid i·o·sporous adj. |
basidiospore [bæˈsɪdɪəʊˌspɔː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) one of the spores, usually four in number, produced in a basidium
basidiosporous adj
| basidiospore (b-sd--spôr) A sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium in the fungi known as basidiomycetes. Basidiospores are produced by the union of the nuclei at the tip of a binucleated segment of a hypha. The resulting zygote then divides by meiosis into four haploid nuclei, each of which migrates to the very tip to be released as a basidiospore. A typical mushroom produces billions of basidiospores. |
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| Noun | 1. | basidiospore - a sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium spore - a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion; "a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes" |
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