DISCORDIANISM
\dɪskˈɔːdi͡ənˌɪzəm], \dɪskˈɔːdiənˌɪzəm], \d_ɪ_s_k_ˈɔː_d_iə_n_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
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/dis-kor'di-*n-ism/ The veneration of Eris,also known as Discordia; widely popular among hackers.Discordianism was popularised by Robert Shea and Robert AntonWilson's novel "Illuminatus!" as a sort of self-subvertingDada-Zen for Westerners - it should on no account be takenseriously but is far more serious than most jokes. Consider,for example, the Fifth Commandment of the Pentabarf, from"Principia Discordia": "A Discordian is Prohibited ofBelieving What he Reads." Discordianism is usually connectedwith an elaborate conspiracy theory/joke involvingmillennia-long warfare between the anarcho-surrealistpartisans of Eris and a malevolent, authoritarian secretsociety called the Illuminati.See Religion, Church of the SubGenius, and ha ha onlyserious.
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).