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What is a basidiomycete?

What is a basidiomycete? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (mycology) Any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota, that produces sexual spores on a basidium.
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An isolate of the basidiomycete Chondrostereum purpureum has been developed as a biocontrol agent under the trade name Chontrol in collaboration with the Victoria-based company Mycologic Inc.
The cells in an Ascomycete hymenium tend to be longer and thinner than those in a Basidiomycete hymenium.
The tetrapolar basidiomycete fungus Serpula lacrymans is an aggressive brown rot decayer, attacking wooden constructions in buildings in temperate regions worldwide.
A molecule derived from the amino acid glutamine, theanine is typically found in tea and also in the basidiomycete mushroom Boletus badius.
These fungi represent different growth forms and diverse taxonomic groups, including Ascomycete, Basidiomycete and Zygomycete species.
The result is that over all these initiatives in classification have hovered the spectres of basidiomycete, and especially ascomycete, taxonomy.

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