Basidium - LIAS Glossary

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basidium (noun, pl. basidia) – (1) inflated hyphal segment (microscopic clavate body) which, after karyogamy and meiosis, bears basidiospores at the tip; (2) also formerly applied to the basal cells of spore-bearing structures in pycnidia (interpreted as bearing conidia) in ascomycetous fungi or lichens

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Referenced by: Basal Cell, Basidia, Conidiogeneous Cell, Conidiogenesis, Pycnide, Spore, Sterigma

Resources: Flora Australia Fungi