basidioma

[ bə-sĭd′ē-ō′mə ]

Plural basidiomata (bə-sĭd′ē-ō′mə-tə)

A club-shaped, fleshy, spore-producing structure characteristic of many species of basidiomycete fungi. The basidioma grows out of the mass of hyphae known as a mycelium and bears the spore-dispersing structures called basidia. Mushrooms, toadstools, stinkhorns, and puffballs are basidiomata.

Words nearby basidioma

basicranial, basicranial axis, basicranial flexure, basidia, basidiocarp, basidioma, basidiomycete, basidiomycetes, basidiomycetous, basidiomycota, basidiospore