EMBRYOPLASTIC CELLS
\ˌɛmbɹɪəplˈastɪk sˈɛlz], \ˌɛmbɹɪəplˈastɪk sˈɛlz], \ˌɛ_m_b_ɹ_ɪ__ə_p_l_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_k s_ˈɛ_l_z]\
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Syn.: embryoplastic bodies, fibroplastic bodies. Cells originally from the mesoblast which are at first similar to lymph corpuscles. They become fusiform or stellate, and in developing connective tissue form the so-called fixed connective tissue corpuscles.
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).