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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Basidiomycetes \Ba*sid`i*o*my*ce"tes\, n. pl [NL., fr NL & E. basidium + Gr ?, ?, fungus.] (Bot.) A large subdivision of fungi co["o]rdinate with the {Ascomycetes}, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fungi \Fun"gi\, n. pl (Bot.) A group of thallophytic plants of low organization, destitute of chlorophyll, in which reproduction is mainly accomplished by means of asexual spores, which are produced in a great variety of ways, though sexual reproduction is known to occur in certain {Phycomycetes}, or so-called algal fungi. Note: The Fungi appear to have originated by degeneration from various alg[ae], losing their chlorophyll on assuming a parasitic or saprophytic life. By some they are divided into the subclasses {Phycomycetes}, the lower or algal fungi; the {Mesomycetes}, or intermediate fungi; and the {Mycomycetes}, or the higher fungi; by others into the {Phycomycetes}; the {Ascomycetes}, or sac-spore fungi; and the {Basidiomycetes}, or basidial-spore fungi. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Basidiomycetes n : large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota [syn: {Basidiomycetes}, {class Basidiomycetes}]
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