Sunday, August 18, 2013

Basidiomycete

This mushroom found in the woods by my house is a basidiomycete, meaning it is a member of a large group of fungi bearing sexually produced spores on a basidium. Basidia can not be seen with the naked eye. They cover the gills of the mushroom, and the interior surfaces of the tubes in mushrooms with pores. Each basidia holds two or four spores each.

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