Definition of basidiomycetes Basidiomycetes

We found 3 definitions of basidiomycetes from 3 different sources.

What does basidiomycetes mean?

Noun Singular: basidiomycete
basidiomycetes - large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota
		class Basidiomycetes
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		basidiomycota, basidiomycotina, subdivision basidiomycota, subdivision basidiomycotina 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
		homobasidiomycetes, subclass homobasidiomycetes category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes
		heterobasidiomycetes, subclass heterobasidiomycetes category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including rusts and smuts
		basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota
		order tremellales, tremellales fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic
		auriculariales, order auriculariales coextensive with the family Auriculariaceae; sometimes included in the order Tremellales