Basidium

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Basidium
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A basidium (plural basidia) is a microscopic type of spore-producing cell found on certain fungi. Most often the basidia are elongated and club shaped. But there is variation in the shape.[1] A basidium usually bears four sexual spores called basidiospores.[2]

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Drawing of a basidium

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