n. Any of various members of a large group of fungi producing spores on basidia. The group includes puffballs, shelf fungi, rusts, smuts, and many species of mushrooms. [BASIDI(UM) + -MYCETE.] ba·sid′i·o·my·cetous (-mī-sētəs) adj. |
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