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/bəˈsɪdɪəm/ · noun
(mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. [from 19th c.].
The walls of these scleroid basidia often reach 1 μm or more in thickness and the walls stain deeply with congo red.
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Basidium means (mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. [from 19th c.].
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The walls of these scleroid basidia often reach 1 μm or more in thickness and the walls stain deeply with congo red.
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