(n) fungus that frequently encircles twigs and branches of various trees especially citrus trees in southern United States, Syn. Septobasidium pseudopedicellatum
‖n. [ NL., dim. of Gr. ba`sis base. ] (Bot.) A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example. [ 1913 Webster ]