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basidiomycetous

American  
[buh-sid-ee-oh-mahy-see-tuhs] / bəˌsɪd i oʊ maɪˈsi təs /

adjective

  1. belonging or pertaining to the basidiomycetes.

Etymology

Origin of basidiomycetous

basidiomycete + -ous

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Exobasidiine�, a family of parasitic basidiomycetous Fungi, resembling the Exoascine� in most respects, but producing basidia in place of asci, a remarkable instance of parallel evolution.

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