BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES
\bənˈɛvələnt səsˈa͡ɪ͡ətɪz], \bənˈɛvələnt səsˈaɪətɪz], \b_ə_n_ˈɛ_v_ə_l_ə_n_t s_ə_s_ˈaɪə_t_ɪ_z]\
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In English law. Societies established and registered under the friendly societies act, 1875, for any charitable or benevolent purposes.
By Henry Campbell Black
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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).