Heterobasidiae
plural noun
Het·ero·ba·sid·i·ae
| \ ˌhetərōbəˈsidēˌē \
Definition of Heterobasidiae
in some classifications
: a subclass of Basidiomycetes comprising fungi with a basidium that is transversely or vertically septate or forked or has four rounded terminal cells from each of which a sterigma and spore arise and including Tremellales and other orders or being restricted to the order Tremellales — compare eubasidiae , teliosporeae
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