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Meaning of "basidium" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BASIDIUM

From New Latin, from Greek basidion.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BASIDIUM

bæˈsɪdɪəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BASIDIUM

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Basidium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BASIDIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Basidium

A basidium is a microscopic, spore-producing structure found on the hymenophore of fruiting bodies of basidiomycete fungi. The presence of basidia is one of the main characteristic features of the Basidiomycota. A basidium usually bears four sexual spores called basidiospores; occasionally the number may be two or even eight. In a typical basidium, each basidiospore is borne at the tip of a narrow prong or horn called a sterigma, and is forcibly discharged upon maturity. The word basidium literally means little pedestal, from the way in which the basidium supports the spores. However, some biologists suggest that the structure more closely resembles a club. An immature basidium is known as a basidiole.

Definition of basidium in the English dictionary

The definition of basidium in the dictionary is the structure, produced by basidiomycetous fungi after sexual reproduction, in which spores are formed at the tips of projecting slender stalks.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BASIDIUM

aecidium · ascidium · caladium · clostridium · coccidium · cryptosporidium · cymbidium · idiom · iridium · miracidium · oidium · oncidium · palladium · praesidium · presidium · pyxidium · radium · rubidium · stadium · vanadium

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BASIDIUM

basically · basicity · basicranial · basics · basidia · basidial · basidiocarp · basidiomycete · basidiomycetous · basidiospore · basidiosporous · Basie · basification · basified · basifier · basifies · basifixed · basifugal · basify · basil

WORDS THAT END LIKE BASIDIUM

antheridium · aspidium · chromidium · conidium · cormidium · ctenidium · glochidium · gonidium · hesperidium · medium · nephridium · ommatidium · osmiridium · peridium · pycnidium · pycnoconidium · pygidium · sphaeridium · sporidium · stichidium · venidium

Synonyms and antonyms of basidium in the English dictionary of synonyms

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担子
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базидии
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basidio
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базидии
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BASIDIUM»

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Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi
Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth P. M. Kirk. BASIDIUM 79 Fame-w (19:-m BEssoN ( 1972) trap-renew (1910) cLmzngoa-r (1973) KELLER (1974) j ECTOSPORIUM SPURO'I'HECIUM sperm-metrum Z 2 2 ...
P. M. Kirk, Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth, 2008
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Fungal Biology
The most common type is the holo- basidium which is characteristic of the Hymenomycetes. This is a simple, single-celled cylindrical or club-shaped basidium with usually four basidiospores borne asymmetrically on fine stalks outside the ...
Harry J. Hudson, 1992
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Systematics and Evolution
In chiastic basidia, the first meiotic division takes place in the apex of the basidium. with the spindle transverse to the long axis of the basdium, whereas in stichic basidia the first division takes place in the middle of the basidium, with the  ...
David J. McLaughlin, E. G. McLaughlin, Paul A. Lemke, 2000
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An Introduction to Mycology
the basidium. As mentioned earlier the basidium is one of the most important characteristic structures of the Basidiomycotina. If a fungus produces a basidium, it is placed in the Basidiomycotina regardless of its other characters and if it does  ...
R. S. Mehrotra, K. R. Aneja, 1990
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Fungal Families of the World
A holo- may be a sticho, cylindrical, with nuclear spindles longitudinal and at different levels, or a chiasto, clavate, with nuclear spindles across the basidium and at the same level. phrag1no-, a basidium in which the meta- is divided by primary ...
P. F. Cannon, P. M. Kirk, 2007
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The Fungi
The characteristic spore-bearing structure in basidiomycetes is the basidium. In contrast with endogenous spores of the ascus, basidium bears spores exogenously, usually on projections known as sterigmata. The number of basid iospores ...
Dr. P.D. Sharma
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High School Biology Tutor
A basidium and an ascus are both reproductive structures. Ascus is Latin for sac, and fungi whose life cycle includes an ascus are termed sac fungi or ascomycetes. The ascus is formed from a single parent cell. The zygote is an elongated cell, ...
Max Fogiel James R Ogden Research & Education Association Research and Education Association
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Fungal Physiology
Basidia are analogous to asci and differ in that the basidiospores are borne externally to the basidium rather than internally, as with the ascus. The Basidiomycetes are classified according to the form of the basidia and their supporting ...
David H. Griffin, 1996
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Taxonomy and Ecology of Indian Fungi
The basidium also showed branching, and in many cases both the branches developed sporidia (Fig. 38). But there was no remarkable increase in number of sporidia because of branching in basidium. Georgefischeria narasimhanii Patil and ...
K. G. Mukerji, C. Manoharachary, 2010
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A Textbook of Fungi
However, the karyogamy and meiosis takes place in the young basidium. Basidium: Binucleate secondary mycelium that initiates the development of the fruit bodies, ultimately forms the basidia. The terminal cell of the binucleate hypha that ...
Rajni Gupta, 2004

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BASIDIUM»

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Fungus deadly to AIDS patients found to grow on trees
The club-shaped blue structure is a reproductive organ called the basidium, which projects off the fungus body …more. Researchers have ... «Phys.Org, Aug 14»
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Deadly Fungus Mates with Clones of Itself
Light microscopy view showing the four chains of infectious spores that decorate the basidium where meiosis occurs and the spores are ... «LiveScience.com, Sep 13»
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