PHASMA
\fˈazmə], \fˈazmə], \f_ˈa_z_m_ə]\
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An apparition; a phantom; an appearance.
By Noah Webster.
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fas'mä, n. a genus of gressorial orthopterous insects--walking-stick insects, spectre-insects (Phasma), and leaf-insects.
By Thomas Davidson
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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).