- (basidial) relating to or characterized by basidia
- A basidium (pl., basidia) is a microscopic, spore-producing structure found on the hymenophore of fruiting bodies of basidiomycete fungi. The presence of basidia is one of the main characteristic features of the Basidiomycota. ...
- Specialized club-shaped structures on the underside of club fungi (Basidiomycetes) within which spores form (sing.: basidium).
- The reproduction cell of the fungal group, Basidiomycetes. which contains the mushroom puffballs and rust.
- the plural form of basidium.
- a sexual spore-producing cell of fungi belonging to the basidiomycota phylum