Basidiomycetes, commonly known as club fungi, are a major group of fungi characterized by producing sexual spores on a club-shaped structure called a basidium. The common forms included in this class are:

Mushrooms: Perhaps the most recognizable members, such as the common field mushroom Agaricus.

Puffball: Fungi that produce spores within a spherical body and release them in a cloud when mature.

Bracket fungi: Also called shelf fungi, these typically grow like horizontal shelves on living or dead tree trunks.