MATSON
\mˈatsən], \mˈatsən], \m_ˈa_t_s_ə_n]\
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A dull or flat sound. The obscure noise, (French.) Matite,afforded in certain disease when any part, as the chest, is percussed. It has been compared to that produced when the thigh is struck. It is opposed to the Son clair, or 'clear sound.'
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).