CICUTA AQUATICA
\sˈɪkjuːtəɹ əkwˈatɪkə], \sˈɪkjuːtəɹ əkwˈatɪkə], \s_ˈɪ_k_j_uː_t_ə_ɹ ə_k_w_ˈa_t_ɪ_k_ə]\
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Family, Umbelliferae. Sex. Syst. Pentandria Digynia. A violent poison, often eaten by mistake for Wild Smallage, Apium Graveolens. It produces tremors, vertigo, burning at the stomach, and all the symptoms occasioned by the Narcotico-acrid class of poisons.
By Robley Dunglison
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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).