PARANYMPHUS
\pˈaɹənˌɪmfəs], \pˈaɹənˌɪmfəs], \p_ˈa_ɹ_ə_n_ˌɪ_m_f_ə_s]\
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A name given by the ancients to him who led the bride to the house of her husband. The term was adopted into the ancient schools of medicine to designate the usual discourse pronounced at the end of the prescribed period of study for licentiate, in which the qualifications and merits of the candidate were described.
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).