epibasidium

noun

epi·​basidium

"+

1

: a superior prolongation of each cell of the basidium of various heterobasidiomycetous fungi (such as members of the order Tremellales) that bears the spore

2

: promycelium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from epi- + basidium

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