Explore Basidiospores through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Basidiospores meaning
plural of basidiospore
Using Basidiospores
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of basidiospore
- In the example corpus, basidiospores often appears in combinations such as: the basidiospores, basidiospores are.
Context around Basidiospores
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Basidiospores
- In this selection, "basidiospores" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, occasionally, ballistic and disperse stand out and add context to how "basidiospores" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and ballistic basidiospores in the and infected with basidiospores. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "basidiospores" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with basidiospores
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The basidiospores are ballistically discharged and start new haploid mycelia called monokaryons. (12 words)
In most species, the basidiospores disperse and each can start a new haploid mycelium, continuing the lifecycle. (17 words)
At the microscopic level the basidiospores are shot off basidia and then fall between the gills in the dead air space. (21 words)
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)
Heteroecious rust fungi require two unrelated hosts to complete their life cycle, with the primary host being infected by aeciospores and the alternate host being infected with basidiospores. (28 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 (7)
At the microscopic level the basidiospores are shot off basidia and then fall between the gills in the dead air space.
Heteroecious rust fungi require two unrelated hosts to complete their life cycle, with the primary host being infected by aeciospores and the alternate host being infected with basidiospores.
In most species, the basidiospores disperse and each can start a new haploid mycelium, continuing the lifecycle.
Multiple numbers of basidiospores can result, including odd numbers via degeneration of nuclei, or pairing up of nuclei, or lack of migration of nuclei.
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.
The basidiospores are ballistically discharged and start new haploid mycelia called monokaryons.
Common combinations with basidiospores
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: