cystidium
noun
cys·tid·i·um
siˈstidēəm
plural cystidia
-dēə
or cystidiums
: one of the large inflated and thick-walled cells of the hymenial layer projecting beyond the basidia and paraphyses in certain basidiomycetous fungi
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