Definition of subdivision basidiomycotina
(noun)
comprises
fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and
bracket fungi); in
some classification systems
considered a
division of
kingdom Fungi