COMPLUVIUM
\kəmplˈuːvi͡əm], \kəmplˈuːviəm], \k_ə_m_p_l_ˈuː_v_iə_m]\
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A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
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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).