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basidium
This term is a specialized botanical and mycological descriptor used almost exclusively in scientific literature and academic contexts. It describes the specific reproductive organ of basidiomycetes, distinguishing them from ascomycetes, which produce spores in a sac-like structure called an ascus.
Because it is a Latin-derived technical term, the plural form follows the Latin second declension pattern. Instead of adding a standard English "s," the ending changes to "ia" to form the plural "basidia."
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The basidium is the defining characteristic of the phylum Basidiomycota.
The basidium is the defining characteristic of the phylum Basidiomycota.
Look closely at the slide to see the basidium and its attached spores.
Each basidium typically produces four spores on small stalks.
I wonder if this specific fungus has a modified basidium structure.
The spores are discharged from the basidium into the air.
The student struggled to identify the basidium among the hyphae.
A single basidium serves as the site for karyogamy and meiosis.
The shape of the basidium varies slightly between different mushroom species.