Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes) is a group of Fungi. There are 48405 species of Basidiomycetes, in 2197 genera and 226 families. This group has been around since the aptian age.
Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.