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A Basidiospore is a spore produced by mushrooms of Fungi division Basidiomycota. The term spore have several different meanings in biology. ... Jump to: navigation, search Basidiocarps (mushrooms) of the fungus Leucocoprinus sp. ... Divisions Chytridiomycota Zygomycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota The Fungi (singular: fungus) are a large group of organisms ranked as a kingdom within the Domain Eukaryota. ... This article discusses categorisations of organisms. ... Classes Subdivision Teliomycotina Urediniomycetes Subdivision Ustilaginomycotina Ustilaginomycetes Subdivision Hymenomycotina Homobasidiomycetes - mushrooms The Division Basidiomycota is a large taxon within the Kingdom Fungi that includes those species that produce spores in a club_shaped structure called a basidium. ...

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	Basiodiocarps of the agarics are typically fleshy, with a stipe, a pileus (or cap) and lamellae (or gills), where basiodiospores are stored.
	This is indeed the stereotyped structure of what we would call a mushroom, hence the familiarity of the agarics.
	The agarics always have their basiodiospores ejected from the basidium into the area between gill edges.

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