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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A mushroom which contains basidia.

   "For agariclike basidiocarps not discharging spores from the sterigmata, see the secotioid Gasteromycetes."

2. 2
   the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells wordnet

Synonyms

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basidiome

Example

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"For agariclike basidiocarps not discharging spores from the sterigmata, see the secotioid Gasteromycetes."

Etymology

From basidium + -carp.

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