FIBRINE
\fˈɪbɹiːn], \fˈɪbɹiːn], \f_ˈɪ_b_ɹ_iː_n]\
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n. [Latin] A peculiar organic compound found in animals and vegetables of the same nature as albumen. Fibrine may be regarded as the chief constituent of the softer solids in animal bodies, being found largely in chyle, in the blood, and in muscular flesh.
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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).