basidia
Americannoun
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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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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 spores are borne on basidia as explained in Figure 2, page 6.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
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