YEAST PLANT
\jˈiːst plˈant], \jˈiːst plˈant], \j_ˈiː_s_t p_l_ˈa_n_t]\
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The genus Saccharomyces, especially Saccharomyces cerevisiae. y. poultice. See cataplasma fermenti, under fermentum. [Ang.-Sax., Gist; Old High Ger., jesan, ferment.]
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).