Heterobasidiae

plural noun

Het·​ero·​ba·​sid·​i·​ae

ˌhetərōbəˈsidēˌē

in some classifications

: a subclass of Basidiomycetes comprising fungi with a basidium that is transversely or vertically septate or forked or has four rounded terminal cells from each of which a sterigma and spore arise and including Tremellales and other orders or being restricted to the order Tremellales compare eubasidiae , teliosporeae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from heter- + -basidiae (from basidium)

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