ETHEREALIZATION
\iːθˌi͡əɹɪə͡la͡ɪzˈe͡ɪʃən], \iːθˌiəɹɪəlaɪzˈeɪʃən], \iː_θ_ˌiə_ɹ_ɪ__əl_aɪ_z_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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An ethereal or subtle spirit-like state or condition. "He (Aristotle) conceives the moral element as flower, as etherealization, spiritualization of the physical, rather than as something purely intellectual."-J. Hutchison Stirling.
By Daniel Lyons
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).