basidiocarp

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English

Etymology

From basidium +‎ -carp.

Noun

basidiocarp (plural basidiocarps)

  1. (mycology) A mushroom which has basidia.
    • 1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York, N.Y., London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 422:
      For agariclike basidiocarps not discharging spores from the sterigmata, see the secotioid Gasteromycetes.
    • 2012, Bozzano G Luisa, Insect-Fungus Interactions, page 74:
      The sexual stage of the fungus, the basidiocarp, arises as a pseudorhiza from a fungus comb and continues as a stipe, terminating in a cap with a prominent umbo or perforatorium.