basidiocarp - the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells

fungus - a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores

Basidiomycetes, class Basidiomycetes - large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota

mushroom - any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium

agaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside

gill fungus - a basidiomycete with gills

polypore, pore fungus, pore mushroom - woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent