GALLIAMBIC
\ɡalˈi͡əmbɪk], \ɡalˈiəmbɪk], \ɡ_a_l_ˈiə_m_b_ɪ_k]\
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In pros. a term applied to a kind of verse consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which wants the final syllable.
By Daniel Lyons
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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).