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basidocarp

basidocarp is the alternative form of basidiocarp.

Meaning of basidiocarp

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...

Forms of basidocarp

pluralbasidocarps

Questions about basidocarp

What is basidocarp the alternative form of?
Basidocarp is the alternative form of basidiocarp.

Words near basidocarp in the dictionary

  1. basidiophores
  2. basidiospore
  3. basidiospores
  4. basidiosporous
  5. basidium
  6. basidocarp
  7. basidocarps
  8. basidomycete
  9. basidorsal
  10. basidorsals
  11. basidospore

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