The members of the phylum Basidiomycota, commonly known as club fungi, produce a club-shaped structure called a basidium that contains spores.
The phylum that produces a club-shaped structure containing spores is known as Basidiomycota, or club fungi. This group is distinguished by its reproductive organ called basidium, which is the terminal cell of a hyphae that swells and forms spores. Basidiomycota includes common mushrooms, shelf fungi, smuts, and rusts, with some species being edible and others being inedible or toxic. An example of a basidiomycete is the mushroom Agaricus. The club mosses, part of Phylum Lycopodiophyta, also produce spores in club-shaped structures known as strobili, and are sometimes mistakenly associated with the club fungi because of their name and appearance.