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Noun: Basidiomycetes
  1. Large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota
    - class Basidiomycetes
Noun: basidiomycete  bu,si-dee-ow'mI,seet
  1. Any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota
    "Mushrooms are the most familiar examples of basidiomycetes";
    - basidiomycetous fungi

Type of: class, fungus

Part of: Basidiomycota, Basidiomycotina, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycotina

Encyclopedia: Basidiomycetes

Basidiomycete