Basidiomycetes are one of two divisions of the fungal kingdom that includes most of our food fungi, such as slime moulds, mushrooms, bracket fungi and others. Basidiomycetes are microstructures usually found under the hat and responsible for spore dispersal.
Sources
Australian National Herbarium – Classifying fungi into ascomycetes and basidiomycetes 
Natur & Kultur – Unusual Edible Mushrooms by Oliver Karlöf
April 2023, TÄNKOM | Revised February 2024 RETHINK
