basidiospore

Noun

Meaning

A spore borne by a basidium.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Each one of the four haploid nuclei migrates into its own basidiospore. Source: Internet

The severity of Cedar-apple rust disease can be managed by removal of basidiospore producing galls from junipers or the application of protective fungicides to junipers. Source: Internet

Others are secondarily homothallic, in that two compatible nuclei following meiosis migrate into each basidiospore, which is then dispersed as a pre-existing dikaryon. Source: Internet

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