basidiomycotina Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi
    subdivision Basidiomycotina; subdivision Basidiomycota; Basidiomycota.

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