ba·sid·i·o·my·cete 
(bə-sĭd′ē-ō-mīsēt′, -mī-sēt)
(bə-sĭd′ē-ō-mīsēt′, -mī-sēt)n.
Any of various members of a large group of fungi producing spores on basidia. The group includes puffballs, shelf fungi, rusts, smuts, and many species of mushrooms.
[BASIDI(UM) + -MYCETE.]
ba·sid′i·o·my·cetous (-mī-sētəs) adj.