GLOSSOCOMON
\ɡlˈɒsəkˌɒmən], \ɡlˈɒsəkˌɒmən], \ɡ_l_ˈɒ_s_ə_k_ˌɒ_m_ə_n]\
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The ancients gave this name to a small case for holding the tongues of their wind-instruments. By extension, it was applied to the box or cradle in which fractured limbs were kept. We find, in the ancient writers, a Glossocomon of Hippocrates, of Nymphodorus, Galen, &c.
By Robley Dunglison
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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).