BASIDIUM

(Lat.), n. n. 's)-i7d/i?-u8m(utm). Fr., baside, basidie, Ger., Basidie. Syn.: sporophore. The reproductive organ of certain Fungi; an elevation of the surface consisting of a single cell and bearing one or more spores at its apex. [B, 19.J— Definitive b. See Secondary b—Primary b. A b. formed directly out of an enlargement upon the sub hymenial hyphæ; dividing subsequently by the formation of perpendicular septa into Ba(ba?)-si?-se?s(ke?s)'tru3m- several (usually 4) secondary basidia. [B, 54.]—Secondary b. One of the segments of an original or primary b., formed by the division of the latter, Each secondary b. bears one monos porous sterigma. [B,54.]