ALL meanings of basidium
ba·sid·i·um
B b - noun basidium the structure, produced by basidiomycetous fungi after sexual reproduction, in which spores are formed at the tips of projecting slender stalks 3
- noun basidium any of a number of oblong cells in basidiomycetous fungi, bearing a definite number of external spores (usually four) on short, slender stalks 3
- noun basidium A microscopic, club-shaped spore-bearing structure produced by certain fungi. 1
- noun plural basidium a special form of sporophore, characteristic of basidiomycetous fungi, on which the sexual spores are borne, usually at the tips of slender projections. 1
- noun basidium (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. 0