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basidia

American  
[buh-sid-ee-uh] / bəˈsɪd i ə /

noun

  1. plural of basidium.


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Gills on the underside of the mushroom cap contain cells called basidia.

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The basidia undergo karyogamy to form a 2n zygote.

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The basidiocarp bears the developing basidia on the gills under its cap.

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The “gills” are actually compacted hyphae on which the basidia are borne.

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Upon each of these basidia are in some species two, usually four, slender projections upon which the spores are produced.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha