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| Matching Terms: | | basidiomycete
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota |
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| | Synonyms: | | class Basidiomycetes |
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| | See Also: | | Auriculariales, basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi, Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, class, Heterobasidiomycetes, Homobasidiomycetes, order Auriculariales, order Tremellales, order Uredinales, subclass Heterobasidiomycetes, subclass Homobasidiomycetes, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycotina, Tremellales, Uredinales |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ba*sid`i*o*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. NL. & E.
basidium + Gr. ?, ?, fungus.] (Bot.)
A large subdivision of fungi co["o]rdinate with the
{Ascomycetes}, characterized by having the spores borne on a
basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public,
such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A class of true fungi more commonly known as club fungi, so called because they produce their spores at the tips of swollen hyphae that look a bit like clubs or baseball bats. This division includes mushrooms, puffballs, earth stars, stinkhorns, bracket fungi, rust, smuts, jelly fungi and bird's-nest fungi. |
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| | Synonyms: | | club fungi |
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