endobasidial

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adjective

Within or as an extension of the basidium.

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Meanings

adjectiveendobasidial (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithin or as an extension of the basidium.

    In three species at least of Neuropogon the fulcra are of the endobasidial type, as defined by Steiner (1901).

    1939, Journal: Botany, volume 52, Linnean Society of London, page 205
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    A, endobasidial filament of Buellia canescens; B, part of the endobasidial microsporogenous plexus in Lobaria laetevirens; […]

    2012, Vernon Ahmadijian, The Lichens, page 61

Origin

From endo- + basidial.

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APA

endobasidial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endobasidial

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Chicago

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