hymenomycetes
| hymenomycetes | |
noun | |
| used in some classifications; usually coextensive with order Agaricales: mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi |
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hymenomycetes
name often given to an informal grouping of fungi that are members of the phylum Basidiomycota (kingdom Fungi). It includes more than 5,000 species characterized by an exposed spore-bearing layer (hymenium) and basidiospores that are forcibly discharged. Included are boletes, canterelles, coral fungi, mushrooms, and pore fungi. A fruiting body, almost totally lacking in some genera, is highly developed in others
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Hymenomycetes
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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