HOLO
\hˈə͡ʊlə͡ʊ], \hˈəʊləʊ], \h_ˈəʊ_l_əʊ]\
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in comb. =Greek holos whole, as: -graph a. & n., (document) written wholly by person in whose name it appears; -hedral, (of crystal) having full number of planes for perfect symmetry; -metabola n. pl., insects undergoing complete metamorphosis; -phote, apparatus for making available all the light of a lamp (in lighthouse &c.).
By Sir Augustus Henry
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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).