NATTER-JACK
\nˈatəd͡ʒˈak], \nˈatədʒˈak], \n_ˈa_t_ə_dʒ_ˈa_k]\
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One of the two spec. of British toads, about three inches long, with a yellow line down its back, and black bars on the legs; seldom approaching the water, except in the breeding season. Bufo calamita, gen. Bufonidae, ord. Anoura, class Amphibia.
By Henry Percy Smith
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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).