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Basidia is an English word. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Basidia meaning

plural of basidium

Using Basidia

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of basidium
  • In the example corpus, basidia often appears in combinations such as: and basidia, basidia and.

Context around Basidia

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

off 1× correct 1×

Often after:

act 1×

Sentence patterns with Basidia

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

anatomically correct basidia and ballistic 1× cells called basidia that normally 1× directly to basidia without fruitbodies 1× fruitbodies with basidia or directly 1× hymenium and basidia 1× of the basidia act as 1× shot off basidia and then 1× spores and basidia 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a single species 1× at the microscopic 1× basidiomycota are filamentous 1× occasionally basidiospores are 1× occasionally monokaryons of 1× schematic of a 1×

Common sentence endings:

basidia without fruitbodies 1× dead air space 1× false puffballs scleroderma 1× hymenium and basidia 1× meiospores usually four 1× nuclei and meiosis 1×

Words around Basidia

Just before it in the word index:

basics 697 basicity 7 basically 2.805 basic 6.785 basia 4 basi 9

Just after it in the word index:

basidiomycete 3 basidiomycetes 4 basidiomycota 11 basidiospore 3 basidiospores 7 basidium 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Basidia

  • In this selection, "basidia" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, off, correct and act stand out and add context to how "basidia" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include anatomically correct basidia and ballistic and cells called basidia that normally. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "basidia" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with basidia

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Schematic of a typical basidiocarp, the dipoid reproductive structure of a basidiomycete, showing fruiting body, hymenium and basidia. (18 words)

The dikaryon is long lasting but ultimately gives rise to either fruitbodies with basidia or directly to basidia without fruitbodies. (20 words)

At the microscopic level the basidiospores are shot off basidia and then fall between the gills in the dead air space. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

Occasionally, basidiospores are not formed and parts of the "basidia" act as the dispersal agents, e.g. the peculiar mycoparasitic jelly fungus, Tetragoniomyces or the entire "basidium" acts as a "spore", e.g. in some false puffballs ( Scleroderma ). (38 words)

Basidiomycota are filamentous fungi composed of hyphae (except for yeasts), and reproduce sexually via the formation of specialized club-shaped end cells called basidia that normally bear external meiospores (usually four). (31 words)

Occasionally, monokaryons of some taxa can form morphologically fully formed basidiomes and anatomically correct basidia and ballistic basidiospores in the absence of dikaryon formation, diploid nuclei, and meiosis. (28 words)

Example sentences (8)

The dikaryon is long lasting but ultimately gives rise to either fruitbodies with basidia or directly to basidia without fruitbodies.

A single species may produce up to five morphologically and cytologically distinct spore-producing structures viz., spermagonia, aecia, uredinia, telia, and basidia in successive stages of reproduction.

At the microscopic level the basidiospores are shot off basidia and then fall between the gills in the dead air space.

Basidiomycota are filamentous fungi composed of hyphae (except for yeasts), and reproduce sexually via the formation of specialized club-shaped end cells called basidia that normally bear external meiospores (usually four).

Occasionally, basidiospores are not formed and parts of the "basidia" act as the dispersal agents, e.g. the peculiar mycoparasitic jelly fungus, Tetragoniomyces or the entire "basidium" acts as a "spore", e.g. in some false puffballs ( Scleroderma ).

Occasionally, monokaryons of some taxa can form morphologically fully formed basidiomes and anatomically correct basidia and ballistic basidiospores in the absence of dikaryon formation, diploid nuclei, and meiosis.

Schematic of a typical basidiocarp, the dipoid reproductive structure of a basidiomycete, showing fruiting body, hymenium and basidia.

This is found by DNA analysis and also indicated on a microscopic scale by the resemblance of the spores and basidia.

Common combinations with basidia

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "basidia" in a sentence?
An example: "The dikaryon is long lasting but ultimately gives rise to either fruitbodies with basidia or directly to basidia without fruitbodies." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "basidia" from authentic English texts.
What does "basidia" mean?
Basidia means: plural of basidium
How many example sentences with "basidia" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "basidia", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.