PILA
\pˈiːlə], \pˈiːlə], \p_ˈiː_l_ə]\
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In old English law. That side of coined money which was called "pile," be cause It was the side on which there was an impression of a church built on piles. Fleta. lib. 1, c. 39
By Henry Campbell Black
By Thomas Davidson
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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).