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Basidium
Basidium is a cell on which the spores of the mushroom are produced. It is a microscopic club shaped cell. Usually there are four basidiospores attached to a basidum, however in some species such as Agaricus bisporus there are two.
The plural of basidium is basidia.
See: Basidiomycota (mushrooms)
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