basidium [noun]

Definition of basidium:

a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes

Synonyms of basidium:

● Spore

● Basidial

● Basidia

● Hypobasidium

● Promycelium


Opposite/Antonyms of basidium:

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Sentence/Example of basidium:

The teliospores borne in these telia germinate to produce a basidium, which in turn produces basidiospores.