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Basidium Definitions:
A structure formed by basidiomycetes; it bears on its surface basidiospores (typically four) that are formed following karyogamy and meiosis.
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A club-shaped structure carrying the basidiospores in members of the Basidiomycota.
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A reproductive cell created when the swollen terminal cell of a hypha develops filaments (sterigmata) that form spores.
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Basidium Notes:
Basidium is a structure (microscopic sporangium) that is present on fruiting bodies hymenophore. These are also known as tertiary mycelium and are made from secondary mycelium. A highly coiled secondary mycelium makes tertiary mycelium.
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