CABIRL
\kˈabɜːl], \kˈabɜːl], \k_ˈa_b_ɜː_l]\
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Gr.] Mystic deities, specially worshipped in the northernmost islands of the Aegean. Like that of Bacchus or Dionysos, their worship was introduced from Syria, and their name is identified with the Hebrew word Gibborim, the mighty ones (See Brown, Great Dionysiak Myth). See Bacchanalian.
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).