Basidiocarp
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Basidiocarp is a noun meaning (mycology) A mushroom which contains basidia.
Meaning
(mycology) A mushroom which contains basidia.
Example Sentences
For agariclike basidiocarps not discharging spores from the sterigmata, see the secotioid Gasteromycetes.
The sexual stage of the fungus, the basidiocarp, arises as a pseudorhiza from a fungus comb and continues as a stipe, terminating in a cap with a prominent umbo or perforatorium.
Word Forms
- basidiocarps
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include basidocarp, basidioma, basidiomycete, basidiome, basidiospore, basidiomycotan.
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