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basidiospore
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basidiospore [bah-sid´e-o-spor″]
a type of sexual spore of certain higher fungi.

basidiospore
the sexual spore of the class Basidiomycetes.


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High concentrations of two groups of fungal spores, basidiospores and ascospores - emitted from such sources as mushrooms, moulds, and rusts on plants - had a significant association with early wheezing at age 2.
Using electron-scanning microscopy, Wu (2000) describes the way four basidiospores in Shiitake are formed on a basidium.
When cocultured with MAT[alpha] strains (H99 and JEC21), IUM 99-3617 produced abundant basidiospores.
 
 
 
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