basidium en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /bəˈsɪdɪəm/ (UK)
Etymology
A Latinized form of Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “base”) + -idium.
Meanings
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A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections.
The walls of these scleroid basidia often reach 1 μm or more in thickness and the walls stain deeply with congo red.
1981, Timothy J. Baroni, A Revision of the Genus Rhodocybe Maire (Agaricales), page 24:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| basidia | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
basidiocarp · epibasidium · basidiospore · autobasidium · metabasidium · hypobasidium · probasidium · basidiome · basidiate · phragmobasidium · holobasidium · homobasidium
Translations (12)
ga baisidiam (small club shaped structure) · fr baside (small club shaped structure) · ca basidi (small club shaped structure) · es basidio (small club shaped structure) · el βασίδιο (small club shaped structure) · ro basidie (small club shaped structure) · pl podstawka (small club shaped structure) · ja 担子器 (small club shaped structure) · ru бази́дия (small club shaped structure) · pt basídio (small club shaped structure) · sv basidium (small club shaped structure) · fi itiökanta (small club shaped structure)