CYBERRHEA
\sˈa͡ɪbəɹˌiː], \sˈaɪbəɹˌiː], \s_ˈaɪ_b_ə_ɹ_ˌiː]\
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/si:'ber-eer/ An affliction of some wordprocessor users; excessive frequency and looseness ofproductivity. Particularly virulent among those who have notdiscovered the fortifying virtues of revision.["Right Words, Right Places" Scott Rice, Wadsworth, 1993, A5.]
By Denis Howe
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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).