SARDONYX
\sˈɑːdənˌɪks], \sˈɑːdənˌɪks], \s_ˈɑː_d_ə_n_ˌɪ_k_s]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A reddish-yellow variety of chalcedony, said to have been found orig. at Sardis, in Asia Minor, and to be so called because its color resembles that of the flesh under the nail.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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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).