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basidium

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English

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Etymology

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Latinized form of Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “base”) + -idium.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /bəˈsɪdɪəm/
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Noun

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basidium (plural basidia)

  1. (mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. [from 19th c.]
    • 1981, Timothy J. Baroni, A Revision of the Genus Rhodocybe Maire (Agaricales), page 24:
      The walls of these scleroid basidia often reach 1 μm or more in thickness and the walls stain deeply with congo red.

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References

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  1. ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Basidium”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 689, column 3.

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