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Study Basidium lecture notes PDF with microbiology definitions and explanation to study “What is Basidium?”. Study basidium explanation with microbiology terms to review microbiology course for online degree programs.

Basidium Definitions:

  1. A structure formed by basidiomycetes; it bears on its surface basidiospores (typically four) that are formed following karyogamy and meiosis.

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  2. A club-shaped structure carrying the basidiospores in members of the Basidiomycota.

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  3. 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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