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| Name: | basidiospore |
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| Description: | Sexual spore produced by fungi in the Phylum (Division) Basidiomycota, which are often called basidiomycetes. Basidiospores are produced on a basidium; normally there are 4 basidiospores produced by each basidium. Basidia and basidiospores line the gills or mushrooms and the pores of bracket fungi. Basidiospres of mushrooms and bracket fungi are actively released from the basidium during periods of high humidity and are considered components of the wet-weather air spora. |
| Type: | Noun |
| Term is: | Variable | | Term has: | | |
