Basidiomycota (Noun)
Meaning
Comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The phylum Basidiomycota comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium, including various species of mushrooms and rusts.
- Basidiomycota includes a wide variety of fungi, such as puffballs, smuts, and bracket fungi, each with unique characteristics.
- The classification of Basidiomycota is complex, and in some systems, it is considered a division of the kingdom Fungi rather than a separate phylum.
- Researchers have long been fascinated by the diversity of species within Basidiomycota, including the edible and poisonous varieties of mushrooms.
- Some classification systems group Basidiomycota together with Ascomycota, another major phylum of fungi, due to their shared characteristics.