RHAETIC FORMATION
\ɹˈiːtɪk fɔːmˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɹˈiːtɪk fɔːmˈeɪʃən], \ɹ_ˈiː_t_ɪ_k f_ɔː_m_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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(Geol.) The beds between the Trias and Lias, formerly referred to the latter in England and to the former in Germany; well developed in the Rhaetian Alps; contain some remarkable bone-beds, with the earliest mammalian remains (Microlestes); known also as Penarth beds.
By Henry Percy Smith
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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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