STRIGA
\stɹˈiːɡə], \stɹˈiːɡə], \s_t_ɹ_ˈiː_ɡ_ə]\
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By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By J.H. Kenneth
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str[=i]'ga, n. (bot.) a sharp bristle or hair-like scale: a stripe, stria: the flute of a column:--pl. STR[=I]'GÆ.--adjs. STR[=I]'GATE, STR[=I]'GOSE, having strigæ: streaked; STRIG'ILOSE, minutely strigose. [L. striga, a furrow--string[)e]re, to contract.]
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).