| At the microscopic level the basidiospores are shot off basidia and then fall between the gills in the dead air space. |
| The teliospores borne in these telia germinate to produce a basidium, which in turn produces basidiospores. |
| When examined microscopically it was determined that the larvae of platypezids feed on the lamellae, including basidiospores, as well as other basidiocarp tissue. |
| Most of basidiomycetes are characterized by the large sporophore on which the basidia with its basidiospores are borne. |
| Their spores, called basidiospores, are produced on the gills and fall in a fine rain of powder from under the caps as a result. |
| Four chains of basidiospores, the sexual spores of C. neoformans, are then produced from each basidium. |
