FIBROCALCAREOUS
\fˈɪbɹəkˌalke͡əɹəs], \fˈɪbɹəkˌalkeəɹəs], \f_ˈɪ_b_ɹ_ə_k_ˌa_l_k_eə_ɹ_ə_s]\
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Fibrous and having undergone calcareous degeneration; said of tumors. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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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).