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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)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Basidiomycetes \Ba*sid`i*o*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. a phylum of fungi with the Basidiomycota

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.