Basidiomycota - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition basidiomycota

Definition :

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