basidiomycetes
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1. large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | class, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | homobasidiomycetes, subclass homobasidiomycetes, |
| definition | : | category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | order tremellales, tremellales, |
| definition | : | fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | order uredinales, uredinales, |
| definition | : | rust fungi: parasitic fungi causing rust in plants; sometimes placed in (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | basidiomycota, basidiomycotina, subdivision basidiomycota, subdivision basidiomycotina, |
| definition | : | comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi (noun.plant) |
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