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Definition of Basidia
1. basidium [n] - See also: basidium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Basidia
Literary usage of Basidia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"In many forms, the basidia are arranged in definite parts of fleshy ...
basidia septate, arising from a resting spore, or borne directly on a hymenium. 2. ..."
2. Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes: A Descriptive Catalogue of the by Worthington George Smith (1908)
"basidia linear, deeply bifurcate. Spores curved. Chains of conidia produced on
the tips of hyphae springing from the surface opposed to the hymenium. ..."
3. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"The basidia appear in two chief forms: (1) as PROTO- basidia, the conidiophores
of which are ... In addition to conidiophores differentiated as basidia, ..."
4. Moulds, Mildews, and Mushrooms: A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Fungi by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1899)
"Producing in ovaries or leaves, smut-like chlamydospores from which the basidia-like
conidiophores arise in germination. I. Ustilaginales. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"The basidia form a definite hymenium which arises from the ... The basidia bear
four to eight spores, which are sessile and usually produced in a whorl or ..."
6. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"The basidia fungi. The Basidiomycetes come next to the ... The hyphae of the
basidia fungi are divided into cells, as in the sac fungi. ..."
7. A Text-book of Plant Diseases Caused by Cryptogamic Parasites by George Massee (1907)
"convex on the upper surface, remaining green (so far as observed), 4-12 mm.
diam., the convex surface becoming minutely velvety from the hymenium; basidia ..."
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