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basidium
[bah-sid´e-um] (pl. basi´dia) (L.)the clublike organ bearing basidiospores.
ba·sid·i·um
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(ba-sid'ē-ŭm, -ă),A cell or spore-bearing organ usually club-shaped that is characteristic of the Basidiomycota. It bears basidiospores externally after karyogamy and meiosis. It is composed of a swollen terminal cell situated on a slender stalk, and gives rise to slender filaments (sterigmata), usually four in number, from the ends of which the basidiospores are developed.
[L., fr G. basis, base]
basidium
A club-shaped organ of sexual reproduction in basidiomycetes (fungi), which has 4 (less commonly, 8) haploid basidiospores at its tip.ba·sid·i·um
, pl. basidia (bă-sid'ē-ŭm, -ă)A cell or spore-bearing organ, usually club shaped, that is characteristic of the Basidiomycota. It bears basidiospores externally after karyogamy and meiosis. It is composed of a swollen terminal cell situated on a slender stalk, and gives rise to slender filaments (sterigmata), usually four in number, from the ends of which the basidiospores are developed.
[L., fr G. basis, base]
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Fig. 63 Basidium . The basidium of Scleroderma.