basidia
Americannoun
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Gills on the underside of the mushroom cap contain cells called basidia.
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The basidiocarp bears the developing basidia on the gills under its cap.
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The basidia undergo karyogamy to form a 2n zygote.
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The “gills” are actually compacted hyphae on which the basidia are borne.
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In Figure 2 a number of sterile cells will be seen which resemble the basidia except that the latter bear four sterigmata upon which the spores rest.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
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