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)