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Answer for the clue "Large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota ", 14 letters:
basidiomycetes

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n. (plural of basidiomycete English)

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Fungi \Fun"gi\ (f[u^]n"j[imac]), n. pl.; sing. fungus . (Biol.) A group of thallophytic plant-like organisms of low organization, destitute of chlorophyll, in which reproduction is mainly accomplished by means of asexual spores, which are produced in a ...

Usage examples of basidiomycetes.

There is one great group of fungi called Basidiomycetes, so named from having their stalked spores produced on basidia.

The Basidia-bearing fungi, or Basidiomycetes, are divided into three classes, as has been already stated.