Basidiomycota

Definition of Basidiomycota

Ba`sid`i`o`my`co´ta
n. pl.1.(Bot.) A large subdivision of the kingdom Fungi coextensive with the phylum Basidiomycetes, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc. Among the classes of the Basidiomycota are: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi).

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Agaricales, Aphyllophorales, Basidiomycetes, Basidiomycotina, class Basidiomycetes, class Gasteromycetes, class Gastromycetes, class Hymenomycetes, class Tiliomycetes, division, division Eumycota, Eumycota, family Septobasidiaceae, Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes, Hymenomycetes, order Agaricales, order Aphyllophorales, order Ustilaginales, Septobasidiaceae, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycotina, Tiliomycetes, Ustilaginales
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