Septobasidium

noun

Sep·​to·​basidium

¦sep(ˌ)tō+

: a genus (the type of the family Septobasidiaceae) of smooth shelf fungi usually having a well-developed sometimes thick-walled hypobasidium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from sept- + basidium

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