- plural of basidium.
basidia
Americannoun
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The “gills” are actually compacted hyphae on which the basidia are borne.
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The basidiocarp bears the developing basidia on the gills under its cap.
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Gills on the underside of the mushroom cap contain cells called basidia.
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The basidia undergo karyogamy to form a 2n zygote.
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The basidia are like those of the genus, globose, sunk in the substance of the plant, and terminate with four long, slender, sterigmata which rise to the surface and bear the spores.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
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