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basidium

[bə′sid·ē·əm]
(mycology)
A cell, usually terminal, occurring in Basidiomycetes and producing spores (basidiospores) by nuclear fusion followed by meiosis.
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(13) Fresh basidiocarp, (14) dried basidiocarp, (15) basidiospores, (16) basidium, (17) cystidium, (18) echinocyst, and (19) generative hyphae.
(20) Fresh basidiocarp, (21) dried basidiocarp, (22) basidiospores, (23) basidium, (24) cystidium, (25) generative hyphae, (26) photomicrographs showing basidiospores and generative hyphae, and (27) photomicrographs showing cystidium and generative hyphae.
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