| These cystidia extend above the basidia, and the ends are rounded so that sometimes they appear capitate. |
| Most of basidiomycetes are characterized by the large sporophore on which the basidia with its basidiospores are borne. |
| They resemble each other very much, except that the basidia bear four sterigmata and a spore on each. |
| Paraphyses and sometimes cystidia or spines are intermingled with the basidia. |
| After a few more days of incubation, the ends of some mycelia may enlarge and form basidia within which nuclear fusion and meiosis may occur. |
| The basidia are abruptly club-shaped, rather distant and separated regularly by rounded cells, four spored. |
