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Infungi, abasidiocarp,basidiome, orbasidioma (pl. basidiomata) is thesporocarp of abasidiomycete, themulticellular structure on which thespore-producinghymenium is borne. Basidiocarps are characteristic of thehymenomycetes;rusts andsmuts do not produce such structures. As with other sporocarps, epigeous (above-ground) basidiocarps that are visible to the naked eye (especially those with a more or lessagaricoid morphology) are commonly referred to asmushrooms, while hypogeous (underground) basidiocarps are usually calledfalse truffles.
All basidiocarps serve as the structure on which the hymenium is produced.Basidia are found on the surface of the hymenium, and the basidia ultimately produce spores. In its simplest form, a basidiocarp consists of an undifferentiated fruiting structure with a hymenium on the surface; such a structure is characteristic of many simplejelly andclub fungi. In more complex basidiocarps, there is differentiation into astipe, apileus, and/or various types ofhymenophores.



Basidiocarps are classified into various types of growth forms based on the degree of differentiation into a stipe, pileus, and hymenophore, as well as the type of hymenophore, if present.
Growth forms include:
Basic divisions ofAgaricomycotina were formerly based entirely upon the growth form of the mushroom.Molecular phylogenetic investigation (as well as supporting evidence frommicromorphology andchemotaxonomy) has since demonstrated that similar types of basidiomycete growth form are often examples ofconvergent evolution and do not always reflect a close relationship between different groups of fungi. For example, agarics have arisen independently in theAgaricales, theBoletales, theRussulales, and other groups, whilesecotioid fungi and false truffles have arisen independently many times just within the Agaricales.[1]