basidia
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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 “gills” are actually compacted hyphae on which the basidia are borne.
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The basidia undergo karyogamy to form a 2n zygote.
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Among the simplest cases are the sheet-like aggregates of sporogenous hyphae in Puccinia, Uromyces, &c., or of basidia in Exobasidium, Corticium, &c., or of asci in Exoascus, Ascocorticium, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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