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basidiocarp

basidiocarp noun: a mushroom which contains basidia.

Noun

basidiocarp (plural basidiocarps)

  1. A mushroom which contains basidia.
    • For agariclike basidiocarps not discharging spores from the sterigmata, see the secotioid Gasteromycetes.1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York...
    • The sexual stage of the fungus, the basidiocarp, arises as a pseudorhiza from a fungus comb and continues as a stipe, terminating in a cap with a prominent umbo or perforatorium.2012, Bozzano G Luisa, Insect-Fungus Interactions, page 74

Forms of basidiocarp

pluralbasidiocarps

Origin of basidiocarp

From basidium + -carp.

Questions about basidiocarp

What does basidiocarp mean?
Basidiocarp means a mushroom which contains basidia.
What part of speech is basidiocarp?
Basidiocarp is a noun.
What is the plural of basidiocarp?
The plural of basidiocarp is basidiocarps.

Words near basidiocarp in the dictionary

  1. basidia
  2. basidial
  3. basidiate
  4. basidiobolaceous
  5. basidiobolomycosis
  6. basidiocarp
  7. basidiocarps
  8. basidiole
  9. basidioles
  10. basidiolichen
  11. basidiolichens

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