What is the difference between ascus and basidium?
ascus | basidium |
A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores.
* 1967 , Constantine. J. Alexopoulos & Harold C. Bold, Algae and Fungi , p.101,
(mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections.
As nouns the difference between ascus and basidium
is that ascus is a sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores while basidium is a small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections.ascus
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(wikipedia ascus) (asci)- The one important character which distinguishes the Ascomycetes from all other fungi is the ascus' (plural, ' asci ). This is a sac-like structure in which ascospores are formed following karyogamy and meiosis.