The plural of basidiomycete; multiple fungi that produce spores through basidia, representing one of the two major fungal divisions.
Simple plural of 'basidiomycete' using the English '-es' ending, though the term retains its Greek/Latin roots. This grouping became standard in mycological classification systems by the late 1800s.
This is the word scientists use to talk about the entire kingdom of club-spore fungi—it's one of the two great fungal armies, and basidiomycetes include everything from the button mushrooms in your grocery store to the rusty-colored plant diseases farmers dread.
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