hypobasidium

noun

hy·​po·​basidium

"+

: a special cell constituting the base of the basidium in various fungi of the orders Auriculariales and Tremellales in which haploid nuclei fuse and from which the epibasidium arises

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from hypo- + basidium

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