noun
basidiomycetes
Scientific term for a class of fungi that produce spores on basidia; includes mushrooms, puffballs, rusts, and smuts.
担子菌類には、マツタケやシイタケなどが含まれる。
Basidiomycetes include matsutake and shiitake mushrooms.
Ascomycetes, another major fungal group that produces spores in asci rather than on basidia.
From 担子 (basidium) + 菌類 (fungi). A modern scientific compound.