GERMINATIONS
\d͡ʒˌɜːmɪnˈe͡ɪʃənz], \dʒˌɜːmɪnˈeɪʃənz], \dʒ_ˌɜː_m_ɪ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n_z]\
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The initial stages of the growth of a seed into a seedling. The embryonic shoot (plumule) and embryonic root (radicle) emerge and grow upwards and downwards respectively. Food reserves for germination come from endosperm tissue within the seed and/or from the seed leaves (cotyledons). (Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)
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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).