Basidiospore
a spore that is borne by a basidium.
historical examples
d, p-ssage of a nucleus through the sterigma into the basidiospore.
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noun
one of the spores, usually four in number, produced in a basidium
basidiospore
(bə-sĭd’ē-ə-spôr’)
a s-xually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium in the fungi known as basidiomycetes. basidiospores are produced by the union of the nuclei at the tip of a binucleated segment of a hypha. the resulting zygote then divides by meiosis into four haploid nuclei, each of which migrates to the very tip to be released as a basidiospore. a typical mushroom produces billions of basidiospores.
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