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Basidia vs Basidium - What's the difference?

basidia | basidium |

As nouns the difference between basidia and basidium

is that basidia is while basidium is (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.

basidia

English

Noun

(head)
  • basidium

    English

    Noun

    (basidia)
  • (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.
  • See also

    * (wikipedia "basidium")