Subdivision Basidiomycotina (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 subdivision Basidiomycotina includes a wide variety of fungi bearing the spores on a basidium, such as puffballs and toadstools, that can be found in almost every ecosystem on the planet.
- One key feature of the subdivision Basidiomycotina is that they all produce their spores on a distinctive club-shaped structure known as a basidium.
- Scientists have identified thousands of different species within the subdivision Basidiomycotina, each with unique characteristics and growth patterns.
- In some classification systems, the subdivision Basidiomycotina is considered a division within the kingdom Fungi, whereas in others it is classified as a separate class.
- The subdivision Basidiomycotina encompasses not only the edible mushrooms we use in cooking, but also various species of fungi that can cause serious diseases in plants and animals.