noun
large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota
• Syn: ↑class Basidiomycetes
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Basidiomycota, ↑subdivision Basidiomycota, ↑Basidiomycotina, ↑subdivision Basidiomycotina
• Member Meronyms:
↑Homobasidiomycetes, ↑subclass Homobasidiomycetes, ↑Heterobasidiomycetes, ↑subclass Heterobasidiomycetes, ↑basidiomycete, ↑basidiomycetous fungi, ↑Tremellales, ↑order Tremellales, ↑Auriculariales, ↑order Auriculariales, ↑Uredinales, ↑order Uredinales
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Basidiomycetes /ba-sid-i-ō-mī-sēˈtēz/ plural noun
One of the main groups of fungi, characterized by the possession of basidia, including the familiar toadstools as well as rusts and smuts
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Main Entry: ↑basidium
Useful english dictionary. 2012.