ba·sid·i·um (b -s d  -m)n. pl. ba·sid·i·a (- -) A small, specialized club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the tips of minute projections. The basidium is unique to basidiomycetes and distinguishes them from other kinds of fungi. [bas(i)- + Latin -idium, diminutive suff. (from Greek -idion).] ba·sid i·al adj. |
basidium [bæˈsɪdɪəm]
n pl -ia [-ɪə]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the structure, produced by basidiomycetous fungi after sexual reproduction, in which spores are formed at the tips of projecting slender stalks
[from New Latin, from Greek basidion; see basis, -ium]
basidial adj
| basidium (b-sd-m) Plural basidia A small, specialized, club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the tips of minute projections in the fungi known as basidiomycetes. The basidium is unique to basidiomycetes and distinguishes them from other kinds of fungi. |
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| Noun | 1. | basidium - a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes reproductive structure - the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction hypobasidium - special cell constituting the base of the basidium in various fungi especially of the order Tremellales promycelium - the basidium of various fungi |
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