SEDLITZ, MINERAL AVATERS OF
\sˈɛdlɪts], \sˈɛdlɪts], \s_ˈɛ_d_l_ɪ_t_s]\
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Springs in Bohemia, near Prague, which are simple salines. They contain sulphate and carbonate of magnesia, chiefly chloride of magnesium, sulphates of potassa, soda, and lime, carbonic acid and carbonate of lime. They are employed as purgatives in a multitude of diseases.
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).
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