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Heterobasidiae
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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Origin and Etymology of heterobasidiae
New Latin, from heter- + -basidiae (from basidium)
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