Basidiomycota

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Basidiomycota \Ba*sid`i*o*my*co"ta\, n. pl. (Bot.) [NL., fr. NL.
     & E. basidium + Gr. ?, ?, fungus.] (Bot.)
     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).
  
     Note: In the 1913 Webster, the Basidiomycetes were defined as
           "co["o]rdinate with the Ascomycetes", and other fungal
           phyla (the Zygomycota and Deuteromycota) were not
           mentioned.
  
     Syn: Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision
          Basidiomycotina.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Basidiomycota
       n : 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 [syn: {subdivision
           Basidiomycota}, {Basidiomycotina}, {subdivision
           Basidiomycotina}]