basidiospore
Noun
Meaning
A spore borne by a basidium.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
endospore
oospore
ascospore
zoospore
resting spore
exospore
chlamydospore
conidiospore
zygozoospore
teliospore
asexual spore
diploid spore
dikaryotic spore
dispersal spore
germinating spore
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Each one of the four haploid nuclei migrates into its own basidiospore.
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.
Others are secondarily homothallic, in that two compatible nuclei following meiosis migrate into each basidiospore, which is then dispersed as a pre-existing dikaryon.