Definition of Basidiomycota

1. Noun. Comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi.


Medical Definition of Basidiomycota

1. A phylum of fungi characterised by a spore-bearing organ, the basidium, that is usually a clavate cell that bears basidiospores after karyogamy and meiosis. Some mycologists have raised the class Basidiomycetes to the phylum or division level. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basidiomycota

Basenjis
Bash
Basham's mixture
Basheer
Bashir
Bashkir
Bashkiria
Bashkirs
Bashkortostan
Bashkortostani
Bashkortostanis
Basia
Basic English
Basic Pokémon
Basidiobolus
Basidiomycota (current term)
Basidiomycotina
Basij
Basil of Caesarea
Basil the Great
Basilicata
Basiliscus
Basingstoke
Baskerville
Basket Maker
Basketo
Baskin-Robbins
Basle
Basle Nomina Anatomica

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