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Basidia vs Paraphysis - What's the difference?

basidia | paraphysis |

As nouns the difference between basidia and paraphysis

is that basidia is while paraphysis is (botany) a minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc, of other flowerless plants.

basidia

English

Noun

(head)

    • paraphysis

    English

    Noun

    (paraphyses)
  • (botany) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.
    • (Webster 1913)