CYCLOPAEDIA, CYCLOPEDIA
\sˌa͡ɪkləpˈiːdi͡ə], \sˌaɪkləpˈiːdiə], \s_ˌaɪ_k_l_ə_p_ˈiː_d_iə]\
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The circle or compass of human knowledge: a work containing information on every department, or on a particular department of knowledge.
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).
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