basidium — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections.

   Examples

   The walls of these scleroid basidia often reach 1 μm or more in thickness and the walls stain deeply with congo red.

Noun

1. a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes

   Broader terms

   reproductive structure