basidium
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English
Etymology
Latinized form of Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “base”) + -idium.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
basidium (plural basidia)
- (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.
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
small club shaped structure
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See also
References
- ^ 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.