FLASH-HOUSE
\flˈaʃhˈa͡ʊs], \flˈaʃhˈaʊs], \f_l_ˈa_ʃ_h_ˈaʊ_s]\
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A house frequented by thieves, robbers, and knaves, and in which stolen goods are received. "The excesses of that age remind us of the humors of a gang of foot pads, revelling with their favorite beauties at a flash-house."-Macaulay.
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).