FRAGMENTA
\fɹaɡmˈɛntə], \fɹaɡmˈɛntə], \f_ɹ_a_ɡ_m_ˈɛ_n_t_ə]\
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Lat. Fragments. A name sometimes applied (especially in citations) tothe Digest or Pandects in the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian, as being made up ofnumerous extracts or "fragments" from the writings of various jurists. Mackeld. Rom.Law,
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).