basidia


ba·sid·i·a

B0100200 (bə-sĭd′ē-ə)n. Plural of basidium.

ba•sid•i•um

(bəˈsɪd i əm)

n., pl. -sid•i•a (-ˈsɪd i ə) a special form of sporophore, characteristic of basidiomycetous fungi, on which the sexual spores are borne at the tips of slender projections. [1855–60; bas (is) + -idium] ba•sid′i•al, adj.