Basidiomycota 

General features of the Fungi

Common name

Club fungi

Synonyms

None

Habitat

Terrestrial or within host organism

Growth habit

Multicellular mycelium of septate hyphae, or unicellular

Undulipodia (“flagella”)

None

Clonal reproduction

Uncommon, usually by conidia

Sexual reproduction

Haploid-dominant, isogamous

Representative genera

Agaricus, Boletus, Coprinus, Lycoperdon, Polyporus, Puccinia

Recognized by

Basidia, closed pores in septa

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