FLUSTRA
\flˈʌstɹə], \flˈʌstɹə], \f_l_ˈʌ_s_t_ɹ_ə]\
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The sea-mat. It is common on almost every coast, and is found thrown up among sea-weeds. It is flat and variously divided, of a pale brown color, and, when examined, the surface is found to be covered with a kind of network of quadrangular cells, having minute teeth at the angles. When living these cells are fitted with polypi, each having a mouth fringed with tentacles. On account of its peculiar scent the sea mat is sometimes called lemon weed.
By Daniel Lyons
By Thomas Davidson
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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).