KEPHALOS AND PROCRIS
\kˈɛfəlˌə͡ʊz and pɹˈɒkɹɪs], \kˈɛfəlˌəʊz and pɹˈɒkɹɪs], \k_ˈɛ_f_ə_l_ˌəʊ_z a_n_d p_ɹ_ˈɒ_k_ɹ_ɪ_s]\
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A well known pair in Myth., Procris, whose name signifies the sprinkled dew-drops, being the daughter of Herse, the dew, and Kephalos, the head of the sun, who unwittingly slew her with his spear ; as the sun dries up the dew, which he is said to love.
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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