Basidiomycetes    include    gill
   mushrooms, shelf fungi, <A ClAsS=MIZ Href="../../..//med/puffball.html" oNClick="popurlts('../../..//med/puffball.html',397,335);txtcolor('Basidiomycetes2','gray');return false;" Id=Basidiomycetes2 ClAsS=MIZ>puffballs,</A> as well as some parasites.
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   They sometimes form fairy rings.
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   The phylum is named after dikaryotic, transient basidiocarps.