basidioma

American  

[buh-sid-i-oh-muh] / bəˌsɪd ɪˈoʊ mə /

noun

plural

basidiomata

1. Mycology. in many species of basidiomycetous fungi, such as mushrooms and puffballs, a fleshy, club-shaped structure that carries the spore-producing basidia.

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basidioma Scientific  

/ bə-sĭd′ē-ō′mə /

plural

basidiomata

1. A club-shaped, fleshy, spore-producing structure characteristic of many species of basidiomycete fungi. The basidioma grows out of the mass of hyphae known as a mycelium and bears the spore-dispersing structures called basidia. Mushrooms, toadstools, stinkhorns, and puffballs are basidiomata.

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