A large subdivision of the kingdom Fungi coextensive with the phylum Basidiomycetes, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc. Among the classes of the Basidiomycota are: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi).
fungi characterized by the formation of basidia and basidiospores
The division or phylum of fungi that includes all those whose spores are produced on a club-shaped cell (basidium) produced directly from the mycelium or more often, closely packed in a specialized spore-bearing surface (hymenium).. Basidiomycetes is the vestigial name of a class within the division that included the mushrooms.
One of the four phylum of the true fungi. See also Ascomycota, Chytridiomycota and Zygomycota.
comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi
One of the four divisions within the Fungal Kingdom. Contains at least 8 classes including Ustomycetes, Urediniomycetes, and Euholobasidiomycetes (see classification). Characterised by the formation of basidiospores. More information
The Division Basidiomycota is a large taxon within the Kingdom Fungi that includes those species that produce spores in a club-shaped structure called a basidium. Essentially the sibling group of the Ascomycota, it contains some 22,300 distinct species (37% of the described fungi). The Basidiomycota was traditionally divided into Homobasidiomycetes (the true mushrooms); and Heterobasidiomycetes (the Jelly, Rust and Smut fungi).
