basidiomycete
/bəˌsɪdɪəʊmaɪˈsiːt/noun
(pl. basidiomycetes /-ˈmaɪsiːts/)
1- Botany a fungus whose spores develop in basidia. They include the majority of familiar mushrooms and toadstools.【植】担子菌。比较ASCOMYCETE.
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- Subdivision Basidiomycotina (formerly class Basidiomycetes): several classes.担子菌亚门（曾为担子菌纲）：数纲。
词源
late 19th cent.: Anglicized singular of modern Latin Basidiomycetes, from basidium （see BASIDIUM） + Greek mukētes 'fungi'.